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Brain food

Choose foods that keep youngsters' energy and concentration levels in top shape.

Emulating elegance

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What won't you find in Sue Bramwell's wardrobe? Three-quarter pants, she tells Kate Fraser.

It's Monday all week

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Keith Lynch finds a brave bar where it's all happening, whatever day it is.

Fashion flashback

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For autumn-winter 2012, the decade defined by World War II has been trawled for its fashion opportunities.

Beer with big taste

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Brewers are a resilient lot, says Carl Hadler, with the craft-brewing industry still growing in Christchurch.

Old looks reinvented

trends Styles are wide open for 2012, as every possible fashion fad appears to have been reinvented.

Curve the veneer

Jane Broughton reveals clever ways to introduce curves to the brick shape.

Bottom heavy

Well turned out

Lap it up in style

A hotel pool is much more than a place to do some laps.

Canada from above

An adventurous trek around British Columbia gives Kimberley Rothwell an opportunity to stare down her fear of heights.

Christ statue upsets Londoners

Wary cruisers stay away

Australia tops for expats

Ausralia has beaten out the United States and Singapore to take top place among expats.

What's for lunch?

lentil Pack the lunchbox for school or work with nutritious lentil and rice patties.

Supreme superfruit

From smoothies to stuffing, the avocado is becoming as well known for its versatility as it is for its health benefits.

Wrap up well

Stuff the flowers

Duck in for fresh food

A country cafe re-opens and two out-of-town venues have tempting reasons to visit.

Well-hatched Cruze

There may soon be a time when the Cruze outsells its big Commodore brother.

Triumph's dark cruiser

You can have your Thunderbird Storm in any colour you like - as long as it's black.

MGs line up for NZ

Capable Korean leads wagon trend

Kiwi star shows how it's done

Kiwi Simon Crafar is upskilling budding two-wheel racers in Britain with a teaching programme known as Motovudu.

Snapshots of summer

Summer photos Christchurch celebrities re-live their favourite summer memories.

Designing the new Christchurch

Avenues asked local architects to share their ideas for the new Christchurch, in part one of this two part series.

Surf's up in Sumner

Bic Runga reborn

Gin Wigmore, the black sheep

There's nothing quite like a shot of Gin Wigmore.

Solar community planned

Highfield subdivision New Zealand's biggest solar power-based community will be built at Christchurch's Highfield subdivision.

Kiwi troops disobeyed orders

A Canterbury World War II soldier's diary and letters give a glimpse of a hushed-up controversy in 1944, when soldiers refused to go back to war.

Heartbreak in the rubble

Bringing down powers that be

Comic troupe in Hagley Park

The Outwits will cover our city's history from the colonists to the Crusaders.

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