In my late 50s, I discovered long-distance hiking – and woke up to a new life infused with the rhythms of nature.

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Body Shop NZ has been put into voluntary liquidation. We reach out into the Dewberry mists of time to farewell some of our ...

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I’m 14,000 kilometres away from home nine months out of the year and am very much on my own. It’s definitely a bit daunting ...

Painful penetrative sex isn't just a medical symptom. It's a brick wall, a monster, an unwanted third partner in the bed.

It may look like a beautiful piece of abstract art, but the reality of what you're looking at 'raises a few scary questions'.

If there's one thing this country loves, it's holding onto stopgap structures for decades past their original use-by date.

Alex Casey and Tara Ward assemble a list of demands for James Meager, the first minister for the South Island.

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