The Life
The Life is a BusinessDesk section for people with an appetite for living well, who like to celebrate the good things in life – whether that’s investing in your health and wellness or a weekend at a lodge.
Health
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Review: Hana - red light therapy and infrared sauna
Tucked away in a back street on the site of a former Auckland salvage yard, Hana is a holistic treatment studio that focuses on the new. Its offering includes infrared sauna and a photobiomodulation (low-level light) treatment using MitoGen whole-body light pods, which use specif...
Wine
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Red hot - raising a glass to pinot noir
Mark this date in your diary: Tuesday, Aug. 18. It’s the official International Pinot Noir Day. I’m not sure who chose the date, but it certainly suits me. I’m a card-carrying member of the pinot noir fan club. Pinot noir is my desert island wine. It represents more than half the...
Watches
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Luxury watches: the future is faceless
I’m often asked about current fads in watches, and the answer is usually the same: brand after brand continues to rely on retro-flavoured pieces (Omega’s Speedmaster, Tudor’s Black Bay, Tag’s Monaco etc) and each year, commentators excitedly note the raft of blue-dialled dallianc...
Culture
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Eyes on the prize - what's eating our social media food influencers?
In between bites, Albert Cho takes rapid snaps of his sandwich. He keeps eye contact, answering a question even as I see his phone hover into position and a thumb tap the screen. Obviously, getting a good shot comes with the job – the job of being a food influencer.Cho (aka Eat L...
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