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Good to go

Tickets? Check. Suitcase? Check. Tiny sized skincare and haircare for the flight? Also check. Here's what's new in travel-sized products. Hot tip: They're also a great way to try out a brand before you commit...

The what and why of Dr Who

Today was a good day. A very good day indeed. Especially if you were two ardent fans of the franchise that is Dr Who. We got to meet two actors...

Shopping Wellington

A recent trip to Wellington had me visiting favourite haunts and celebrating the latest spring fashion, including Ruby, Pearl, Andrea Moore, Ricochet, Taylor, Minnie Cooper, Workshop and Helen Cherry, as well as Cuba Street's second-hand stores...

Underwater world

We headed along in the school holidays to Kelly Tarlton’s latest attraction, the Seahorse Kingdom - their first new permanent exhibit in five years, featuring seahorses and the world’s only Spiny Sea Dragons on public display...

Rotorua roadtrip

Previously my trips to Rotorua consisted of the gondola and the Redwood forest. Nice, but fairly tame. So I can't tell you how excited I was to be able to go on the most unique experience on a weekend - and take the kids...

Windy-ton

Wellington just has that kind of a feel about it – more relaxed, less hurried. And for someone that has been immersed in fashion for an entire week at NZ Fashion Week, there appears to be more colour in Wellington than you can poke a stick at...

Lofty ideals

This is the most stylish hotel I have ever had the pleasure of staying in. Whether staying in New Zealand from overseas, or, like us, as Aucklanders on a mini-break, Hotel de Brett is a luxurious boutique hotel that certainly sets the bar high...

Flying stay

Airport hotels are for popping into in the dead of night and crashing out on cheap sheets with itchy blankets in rooms that feel like chicken coops, right? Wrong, when it comes to our stay on Saturday night at Auckland's Jet Park hotel...

A Jafa in Wellington

I am definitely an Aucklander, through and through, but I love a visit to the nation's capital to check out what's new and get a natural blow wave from that wild wind. Here are the top spots I saw, and the best advice I got for a Jafa visiting Wellington...