Category: Lifestyle

Sep 28
Best in Class: Skoda Fabia – COTY!

Stephen Rainbow reviews the new Skoda Fabia. If you need to be convinced of the superiority of capitalism over socialism, just look at the evolution of Skoda cars. The butt of many jokes when produced by the then communist Czechoslovakia, the Skoda range – under VW private management – has now evolved into a sophisticated […]

Sep 28
Best in Class: HONDA HR- V SPORT – Right Up There!

Robert Adams takes Honda’s HR V Sport for a test drive. Honda make some very clever, well designed vehicles, often introducing new technology well before other makes. Indeed their ASIMO robot can even identify human emotions. While this feature is absent from their new HR-V range, not much else is missing! The new HR-V is […]

Sep 28
Hudson and Halls Live!

HUDSON & HALLS LIVE! is Silo Theatre’s final show for the year, and is set to be a stunner. Premiering at Auckland Live’s Herald Theatre from November 5 – December 5, HUDSON & HALLS LIVE! offers a glimpse into the remarkable journey and terrible behaviour of two incredible personalities that were New Zealand’s original great […]

Sep 21
Passion, Politics and Pace: NZ Opera’s Tosca

The Opening Night of Puccini’s Tosca at the Aotea Centre on Thursday 17 September featured a feast for the aural, visual and olfactory palette and concluded dramatically and far too quickly for an evening that was most enjoyable. Tosca is a pacey story of love, jealousy, dishonesty, intrigue, torture, duplicity, attempted rape, murder and suicide. […]

Sep 08
How I Lost 35 Kgs in Just Six Months!

Stu Cook from Health 2000 sits down with Levi Joule and opens up about his own incredible transformation and gives express readers tips for how they too can make the change to a healthier lifestyle. The moment Stu Cook knew he had to take charge of his health was the night he thought he was […]

Aug 29
Dolphins and Birthdays

Sandi Hall reviews Garnet Station’s Variety show, marking the cafe’s eight years in business. Variety shows are virtually unknown these days, which is a pity because they allow tonnes of entertainment to lavishly fill a couple of hours. Thank goodness, then, for the lively minds who run Westmere’s Garnet Station. Verity and Lisa chose the […]

Aug 28
Caitlyn Jenner Says She Wants to Find a Man That Will Treat Her Like a “Normal Woman”

Caitlyn Jenner shocked a friend and transgender activist by saying she wanted to “Find a man who would treat me like a normal woman” The reality star, 65, lets the surprising admission slip during a sneak peek of this Sunday’s episode of E! show I Am Cait, telling her friend Jenny Boylan that “it would […]

Aug 20
Tiffany and Co. to Open Store in Auckland

Tiffany and Co. will be opening its first ever New Zealand store. The internationally renowned jeweller, today announced plans to open its first company-operated retail store in New Zealand. The store will be located in Auckland’s Britomart. The approximately 430 square metre store will occupy the entire ground floor of Australis House, at 36-38 Customs […]