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.
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Review: Maruia River Retreat - nature and nurture in a luxury setting
If you take the scenic route along State Highway 6 from Nelson, pass through the charming town of Murchison and take a left on to State Highway 65, you'll happen upon Lasse and Cristina Holopainen's Maruia River Retreat. This is a place of low expectation – not in terms o...
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New order - Auckland's top 10 dining and drinking experiences
This is an impossible list for a lot of reasons, but here’s one: we humans consume a lot of food. That means mealtimes have to be filled, over and over, day in and day out, leaving a lot of opportunity for culinary exploration. In food, variety is everything.My dining calendar is...
Cars
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Review: Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR - the race-ready hatchback that will make you feel young again
I may have been corrupted by a hatchback. You can take your super-flash sports cars and luxury SUVs and park them where the sun don’t shine. I want a VW Golf GTI TCR. And I’m not a hatchback sort of guy. I’ve never owned one and never considered one when buying a car. But sometim...
Wine
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In good time - the pros and cons of cellaring Central Otago pinot noir
Two recent vertical tastings of Central Otago pinot noir have encouraged me to ponder the virtues of drinking aged wine. A vertical tasting is one that reviews the same wine over several vintages. It is the vinous equivalent of an archaeological dig, revealing the development of...
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