Halfway through The Shawshank Redemption, Andy and Red, sitting in their filthy prison yard, discuss hope. Red thinks it’s a ...

THE next time you have to wait days for a GP appointment, your car hits a pothole, the police fail to turn up when you report a crime or you struggle to pay the gas bill, please try to remember ...

Bocky Boo Gelato stores have popped up in Rangiora and Blenheim since the first store opened in Whangārei over five years ago. Video / Brodie Stone ...

Stepping on board a Rhythm and Sails 50-foot catamaran with 35 people and a guest performer makes even the smallest music festivals look like Coachella by comparison.

Translated from French by Helen Stevenson, in this novella, an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants from France to the UK ...

Multihulls have redefined blue water cruising. Kate Ashe Leonard is living that dream in the Leeward Islands of French ...

SOS Humanity marked its 10th anniversary by reporting the rescue of 68 people from unseaworthy boats in the Libyan search and ...

On the 80th anniversary of peace, the Booker Prize-winning novelist probes the silence surrounding a generation’s experience ...

A DIY music festival that has been running for years, the Hootenanny is back in 2025 and bigger than ever. A multi-genre ...