A baker from Wairarapa has revealed the secret to mess-free custard square consumption.

Wairarapa baker on how to eat a custard square without making a mess

Baker Monique Kloeg shares her secret to mess-free custard square dining.

September 24, 2024

4:38

Most of us have never heard of the element antimony before, but it's becoming increasingly valuable in the modern world.

West Coast town sitting on a valuable mineral

The small town of Reefton is said to be sitting on a significant supply of antimony.

September 18, 2024

5:34

NZ On Screen's recentely-released Ginette McDonald Collection celebrates her career with videos of her comedy, production work and historic interviews.

Comedy legend Ginette McDonald on why Lynn of Tawa still haunts her

McDonald takes us through her life as an actor, writer, TV producer - and a certain character called Lynn.

June 14, 2024

6:38

Seven Sharp's Julian Lee ponders whether actuaries are the closest thing we have to fortune tellers in the 21st century.

What actually is an actuary? Seven Sharp's Julian Lee sums it up

Are actuaries the closest thing we have to fortune tellers in the 21st century?

May 23, 2024

4:55

The Skill At Arms (SAA) is a competition where units compete against each other in a series of physically and mentally challenging activities.

Military training trial - 'Then the panic sets in'

The New Zealand Army's 1st Brigade recently took on the gruelling Skill at Arms (SAA) competition. Seven Sharp reporter Julian Lee got a taste.

April 5, 2024

5:41

Jamie Henry operates De Molen mill, said to be the only working mill of its type in the southern hemisphere.

Flour power: Meet NZ's only professional miller, Jamie Henry

Henry signed up for a nationwide campaign to help young people get into work.

March 25, 2024

6:35

A non-profit called Hapori is undercutting the supermarkets by selling $15 A-grade fruit and veg boxes to the public.

Grocery chain gangs — can a Nelson initiative disrupt the duopoly?

The Hapori Fruit and Vegetable Box programme is growing in the Nelson region under a new, thoroughly modern model.

March 19, 2024

4:35

For the past two decades the Wildbase Hospital in Palmerston North has been fixing New Zealand's wildlife.

A visit to Wildbase Hospital where our treasured wildlife heal

The Palmerston North hospital has been helping precious critters get better for the past two decades.

March 14, 2024

5:08

February 2024
Many were unaware about their role when Britain tested enormous nuclear weapons off the coast of Australia and the Pacific in the 1950s.

Kiwi veteran remembers awe, trauma of British nuclear testing

Veteran Tere Tahi, then 18 years old, said crews were told the day before what the plan was. Then the bomb was dropped.

February 29, 2024

6:51

October 2023
Berryfields is a large, brand-new development in Richmond.

By the rules: Unravelling the mystery of modern covenants

Covenants are becoming more and more popular in new developments — but what are they?

October 27, 2023

4:18

New Zealand's true poet laureate, Sam hunt, in his natural habitat.

Between the lines: Capturing the essence of poet Sam Hunt

My first memory of Hunt is a delightful older man with tousled windswept hair, reciting poetry in a Vogel's ad, writes Seven Sharp reporter Julian Lee.

October 17, 2023

5:56