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.
Cars
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Test driving the Jaguar F-Type R
For the first time in years, I bought a Lotto ticket so I could maybe never have to give back this car. Jaguar’s performance-focused F-Type R has a five-litre supercharged V8 engine that can power it from nought to 100 in 3.7 seconds.Its four exhausts produce the kind of exclamat...
Beer
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Review - The Brewers Room, Ponsonby - a Mecca for craft-beer enthusiasts
For many years, Auckland’s Ponsonby Rd bar scene was defined by tight spaces and short beer lists, shorter still when looking for great craft beer. Cocktail bars? Yes. Wine bars? Certainly. But a genuine free house - a bar not tied to the fiscal power of Lion, DB or Independent?...
Culture
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Thanks for the memories - the power of nostalgia in a covid world
Nostalgia was once considered a disease – a psychological disorder akin to paranoia – although nothing that couldn’t be purged, beaten or bullied out of its hapless victims. More than 300 years after Swiss physician Johannes Hofer coined the term (from the Greek nostos, return ho...
Travel
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Wild about the west - discover Auckland's best wineries
It's in the wilds of West Auckland - famed for its raw, rugged coastlines and no-nonsense types that you'll find some of New Zealand's best vineyards - and a rich seam of vinicultural history. So, where to start?The Hunting Lodge in Waimauku is home of New Zealand’s f...
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