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A rotten shame

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It's said that Canterbury's leaky-home owners will be hit later than those in the North Island because of the drier climate. JOHN McCRONE discovers plenty of signs of what is coming.

A love of the outdoors

Tim Farrant, 20, is a keen rogainer. He spent time with LAURA ALBREY .

A new book from bestselling author Kathy Lette offers advice on men to avoid (including doctors, lawyers, celebrities, male models and royals), sex, love, marriage, parenthood, infidelity, divorce and even murder.

Hawaiiki calling

Having understood that the spirits of Maori return to Hawaiiki, PAUL RUSH follows one family's pilgrimage to that same ancestral homeland in French Polynesia.

Revelling in Brunner's wake

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ROY SINCLAIR enjoys all Lake Brunner has to offer during a overnight stop while cycling between Greymouth and Christchurch.

Help from Christchurch City Mission

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As the Christchurch City Mission raises money to build a $10.5 million new building, CHARLIE GATES spends a week finding out how they work and the people they help. The first part in the week-long series looks at the food bank.

Kiwi women prefer womanly men

Who's hotter: Pretty boy Zac Efron or rugged Gerard Butler?

A beautiful life

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Every week in a Christchurch community arts centre, Joanne McGimpsey uses paint and paper to communicate a remarkable inner world

Apocalyptic visions

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The Road screenwriter Joe Penhall talks about unfilmable books, frightening visions and Neil Finn, with JAMES CROOT.

How to spot Grumpy Old Women

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A trio of women of a certain age are currently on stage bemoaning and celebrating the perils of growing older.

Spell bound

By JANE DUNBAR - The Press

JANE DUNBAR asks two experts how they got to be champion spellers.

New law makes giving easy

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AMANDA MORRALL finds out how the new payroll giving scheme makes it easier to give and receive.

Beyond climate change calamity

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NZ may not suffer as badly as many other places, but our future will be far harsher and poorer.

Gender Bender

Amy Parsons-King - The Press

A label for men is borrowing from women's wear, writes Amy Parsons-King .

A simple Irish feast

The Press

The Irish can make a little go a long way, write Colleen Simpson and Kate Fraser.

Out of Africa

By JUDITH SUTTON - The Press

There is great range of vegetables available now, bursting with goodness.

A ramblin' we'll a-go

By KATE FRASER - The Press

Blackberries rambling over stone walls and raspberries growing wild along fencelines are some of my enduring memories of Ireland.

St Patrick's Day, Kiwi style

March 17 is the busiest day of the year for Irish bars in Christchurch and the annual event takes weeks of preparation.

Getting fit with sexy workouts

Vaudeville may be dead, but burlesque is alive and well at the gym.

Tapping the iPhone potential

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It's a well-worn adage, especially within the software development industry, but necessity really is the mother of invention for some of New Zealand's most successful iPhone application developers.

Power in family dramas

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The power of Who Do You Think You Are? does not lie in the celebrity, but in the much more dramatic nature of "ordinary" life.

Techno freak

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Charlie Panapa co-hosts New Zealand's longest-running children's show, What Now.

Part of the TV landscape

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Country Calendar has been an institution in NZ television for 45 years.

Battling the post-holiday blues

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There's not a whole lot of sympathy out there when you return from a holiday nursing a serious case of the travel blues.

Up-country splendour

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RICHARD COSGROVE never thought being bounced around in a 4WD could be so much fun.

The perfect cure

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ALEX van WEL says exploring the coastline of Tasman Bay is much better when it's done on a catamaran.

More feminine styles on show at iD

By CARMEN WILSON - The Southland Times

Men, hide your wallets because your wives and girlfriends will be looking for them if they attended the iD Fashion show at the Dunedin railway station last night.

Mixing it up

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Despite many assassination attempts, the cassette tape lives on to make new mixtape connections.

Contest crescendos

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Tomorrow young musicians will compete in one of NZ's most prestigious competitions.

After Avatar, Japan fashion show to go 3D

Move over, Na'vis: some of Japan's top models will strut down the catwalk in a 3D fashion event this weekend, highlighting the increasing dazzle of the third dimension beyond the movie industry.

Croatian designer wins top iD fashion prize

By CARMEN WILSON - The Southland Times

Croatian fashion designer Igor Galas took the major prize of $5000 and direct entry into the Mittelmoda fashion show in Italy at the iD Emerging Designer Awards in Dunedin last night.

Knowledge is money

By AMANDA MORRALL - The Press

The starting point for getting a better grip on one's personal finances is budgeting.

When Christmas comes daily - without cheer

By JANE DUNBAR - The Press

For five per cent of us binge eating is a serious and debilitating disease.

Fight the good fight

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It's amazing what daring stunts you can justify by saying "it's for charity".

The big cheese

By COLLEEN SIMPSON and KATE FRASER - The Press

The NZ cheese awards saw the champion of champions award go to Fonterra.

Climate change chic at Chanel

An event based around hundreds of fashionistas flying in from all over the world was never going to be a convincing platform for environmental campaigning, but designers in Paris haven't let that stop them.

making it in MILAN

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leather - sleek, and sexy, glittering and golden at Milan fashion week.

Excellent eggplant

Eggplant, aubergine or brinjal: it is all the same depending on where you live.

Nicotine builds up gradually - study

Nicotine builds up gradually in smokers' brains rather than spiking after each puff, according to a study that might help point to new ways to help people quit smoking.

Late night correspondent

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Rachel Smalley recently replaced Samantha Hayes as host of TV3's late night news show Nightline. She formerly worked in Britain as 3 News' European correspondent. Smalley chats with Gabriel Pollard.

A hero you can relate to

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Heroes returns this week. James Kyson Lee talks about the new season.

River city reborn

Former Brisbanites returning to their home city have been gobsmacked by the dramatic changes. MARK CORNELL'S debut visit also leaves a deep impression.

Islands playground

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A sighting of a whale and its calf capped off a perfect holiday in the Whitsundays.

Princess meets pauper in Paris

If green is the color of hope, John Galliano's latest collection for Dior perfectly captured the mood at Paris fashion week Friday as designers and fans dared to show optimism.

Chuck the chair - and lose weight

Standing, rather than sitting while you type, talk and work could see workers drop kilos, become more productive and potentially stave off diabetes, an Auckland researcher says.