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.
My Net Worth
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My Net Worth: Jason Paris, CEO, Vodafone NZ
Welcome to My Net Worth, our regular column on the lives and motivations of our top businesspeople, in their own words.Vodafone NZ chief executive Jason Paris has formerly held leadership roles at Spark, MediaWorks, Television New Zealand and Nokia. I’m a proud Southlander. My mu...
Good Food
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Review: Do the latest batch of chef-prepared meal kits step up to the plate?
In true Kiwi number-8 wire fashion, restaurants are adapting to the lifestyle changes caused by the covid-19 lockdowns, particularly in Auckland. Le Chef restaurateur Ed Le Goff recently entered the fray with his thefoodies.nz high-end meal deliveries (which we can attest are ver...
Wine
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Twice as nice - the joy of matching wine with cheese
Cheese is a tannin-tamer, as anyone who has attended my wine certificate course will testify. To make that point I choose a gutsy, astringent red wine that puts a pucker on the faces of most. Then I invite them to chew a cube of white Castello cheese and retaste the wine. The win...
Cheese
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Get cultured - how to create a cracking cheeseboard
The diversity of cheese is endless but it is at its best when served simply with a bottle of wine or cider, some crusty bread and dried fruit, nuts, or crisp apples and pears. It makes a wonderful lunch, snack, aperitif, or a sensational end to dinner. The possibilities are limit...
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