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.

Your top ten wine questions answered
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Your top ten wine questions answered

I have been running wine courses since 1986, mostly in New Zealand but also in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, China and the United Kingdom.  I recently shook hands with the 23,042nd graduate. I’ve probably had at least as many questions on wine. Here are my top 10.I’ve had this...

Bob Campbell MW 20 Nov 2020
Review: The Land Rover Defender Series 110 First Edition - not just a city-slicker pretty boy
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Review: The Land Rover Defender Series 110 First Edition - not just a city-slicker pretty boy

This is not just a car… it’s a Defender. A lot of cliches get thrown around about the storeyed, rugged Land Rover Defender. Everyone seems to have had a parent-in-law or grandparent who had some treasured vehicle that could do anything and never missed a beat. My father-in-law Ro...

Matt Martel 20 Nov 2020
My Net Worth: Martin Stewart, CEO, SKY NZ
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My Net Worth: Martin Stewart, CEO, SKY NZ

Welcome to My Net Worth, our regular column on the lives and motivations of our country’s top business and political people, in their own words.Martin Stewart joined Sky TV New Zealand as chief executive in February 2019, after gaining a wealth of media-sector experience in the U...

20 Nov 2020
Show your mettle - grey hair is the new black
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Show your mettle - grey hair is the new black

Lockdown gave us grey hair and made going to the hairdresser impossible – but there’s a silver lining to all this. Suddenly, silver hair is not just practical, it’s powerfully chic.If there’s an Olympics for hair, it’s silver, not gold, that’s winning the style race now. Take Chr...

Tara Barker 20 Nov 2020