The old favourite on that princely Courtenay Place corner has recently emerged from a makeover. John and Mary Coleman opened Hummingbird restaurant and bar in 2000. Around that...
I’m flying into town for a Friday night rendezvous with Rose, at the recently opened Dragonfly. She arrives before me and sends a text: ‘I’m down the...
According to a Googletistic so unverifiable I couldn’t bring myself to link it to this post, the average lifespan of a restaurant is two and a half...
You all know it. That place with a bit of a homely quality, or that x-factor that really flicks your switch, or simply the place where everyone...
The second annual ‘Battle of the Burger’ has begun, part of the Visa Wellington on a Plate culinary festival. Fifty competitors have signed up, from the Kapiti...
New Zealand is a pretty versatile country, cinematically speaking. It’s stood in for Japan, Middle Earth and wherever the hell Hercules and Xena Warrior Princess were supposed...
One half of musical comedy act Mrs. Peacock and sole member of mostly non-musical comedy act Jarrod Baker.
Locally-raised journalist & writer, he began his working life elbow-deep in restaurant dishes & learnt most of his descriptive language from irate chefs & maitre'ds.
Digging around for bargains is Bel's fave kind of shopping, but she will admit: she even enjoys supermarket shopping.
