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.
Travel
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How to do a luxury weekend - Nelson Tasman style
It doesn't have the tourism icons - no cloud-piercers or gushing geysers. Instead the wider Nelson-Tasman region offers a dialed-back beauty and a front-row seat to some of New Zealand's best outdoor activities. It now rivals Marlborough as a gourmet destination, is a New...
Work
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All hail the four day working week
There's mounting evidence that reducing the working week to four days benefits not just staff, but also businesses.Troy Hammond, founder and chief executive of IT recruitment company Talent Army, was already planning to introduce a four-day working week for his 12 staff when...
Beer
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Raising a glass to the best winter craft beers
From Scotch ale to oyster stout, here's our pick of Kiwi-made craft beers to warm the cockles.The inclination to drink darker, maltier beers in winter is driven by history and some cultural DNA.British drinkers are accustomed to a ‘winter warmer’, the Belgians prefer weightie...
Cars
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Test driving the Rolls-Royce Phantom
You don’t drive the Rolls-Royce Phantom. You direct it. You are a captain on the bridge of a supertanker — you point its lengthy prow in the right direction and relax.Driving the Phantom, if only for a weekend, changes your expectations of what a car is and can be. The star-lit i...
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