Spacebar Design launched just the week before the COVID-19 lockdown, but the hospitality design firm was determined not to let it be a setback in its drive to help New Zealand businesses share their unique stories, sometimes on a limited budget.

North Tec’s Level 5 cooking students have been turning up the heat in the kitchen while participating in Savour! NORTHLAND FEAST 2020 - a new food and beverage event aimed at showcasing the region’s food during Matariki.

- Elemental AKL festival, celebrating arts, eats and beats, will return this spring, 1-31 October 2020

- More than 30 free and ticketed events will transform eateries and bars, theatres and public spaces across Tāmaki Makaurau

Acclaimed chef Sid Sahrawat is set to collaborate with friend and fellow multi award-winning chef, Ben Bayly for a very special event at Auckland dining landmark, Sid at The French Cafe.

This summer, the east side of Hastings is set to become a popular outdoor socialising space as work to develop the area continues to make good progress.

Takeaway orders at Indian Restaurants around the country have run hot since lockdown ended - and restaurants are urging Kiwis to break out and try something other than butter chicken.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is offering to shout David Goldsmith - whose three-week hunger strike for climate change outside Parliament House in Wellington is about to end - his choice of a delicious vegan feast to celebrate his achievement.

The long-awaited Sugar Bowl Express chairlift at The Remarkables is set to spin this Saturday 1st August, giving Snowsports enthusiasts lift access to the Sugar Bowl Basin for the first time this season.

"Shadow Over Mars" (The Nemesis from Terra) by Leigh Brackett has been honoured with a Retrospective Hugo Award for Best Novel during a virtual ceremony at CoNZealand today.

The fascinating links between art and activism, in many forms, is explored in a new exhibition opening at MTG Hawke’s Bay this Saturday (1 August).