A redundancy left this rural dweller with a tight food budget, but skills learned in childhood hold her in good stead.
Life
6:00am
OPINION: In the latest in our State of the Nation series, we talk to a New Zealander in Australia who still keeps an eye on politics at home and will be voting this November.
Politics
Saturday 6:00am
THE GRILL: Asher Emanuel is a Wellington-based lawyer and the author of one of the most talked about books of the year.
Alan Kerr, 91, and his wife Hazel, 87, have spent recent months screening a documentary about the two decades they volunteered in the occupied Palestinian territories.
New Zealand
Fri, Aug 7
2:56
Massage therapist Miria Aman's life has been a wild ride through 'the good, the bad and the ugly'.
Sun, Aug 2
The highly-anticipated New Zealand premiere of Lomu, a documentary that explores the All Black legend's life, is set to be shown tonight as part of the Auckland film festival.
Entertainment
Sat, Aug 1
OPINION: A Wellington landscaper knows exactly which way he's going to vote.
As he launches new home-grown show, Coastal Wonders, tomorrow night, we subject Tom Webster to a 1News Grill.
Free-to-screen rugby is being revived this season with the NPC live and free on TVNZ+.
Rugby
Sat, Jul 25
Opinion: In the latest in our State of the Nation series, a 30-something parent and operations manager shares her views about the current direction of Aotearoa.
OPINION: Working in an industry that reduced humans to numbers on a spreadsheet was depressing – but losing that work was alarming.
Sat, Jul 18
In the latest in our Finances after Fifty series we talk to Mary Brennan, 64, a former dominatrix and now owner and madam of Wellington brothel Funhouse.
Sat, Jul 11
Major weight loss might deliver your dream body, but the part of you that used food for comfort will not be instantly 'fixed'. In fact, it's sometimes after you shed the kilos that the real work begins.
Fri, Jul 10
Health experts have warned us for years: The incidence of stroke is on the rise, particularly among young Māori and Pasifika.
Health
Sat, Jul 4
OPINION: A 53-year-old Wellington lawyer reveals her views on the two main political party leaders and who she plans to vote for in November.
OPINION: In the latest in our State of the Nation interviews with Kiwis, we talk to a 49-year-old family man and social worker from Christchurch.
Sat, Jun 27
What we once called 'soft skills' are now the skills that will keep you employed.
Mon, Jun 22
OPINION: State of the Nation is a new series asking Kiwis who they'll vote for, how much they earn, and other nosey questions about their views and experience of Aotearoa.
Sat, Jun 20
When it comes to money, property investor Nichole Lewis has experienced dizzy highs and devastating lows.
Sat, Jun 13
OPINION: Being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease was scary and debilitating. I struggled for years, before a chance discovery changed my life.
Sat, Jun 6
In the latest in our Finances after Fifty series we talk to one of New Zealand's leading divorce lawyers Lady Deborah Chambers about breaking up, moving on and her working class origins.
Sat, May 30
In the latest in our Finances after 50 series, we talk to Sumita Paul, a financial advisor whose business is focused on women over the age of 50.
Sat, May 23
New data on New Zealand's estimated population has been released by Stats NZ.
Mon, May 18
Whether you call it an Irish goodbye, French leave or filer à l'anglaise, the act of quietly slipping out of a party without fanfare is a familiar social impulse.
World
In the latest in our Finances after 50 series, we talk to 60-year-old Mikaere Hina of Taranaki about work, stress and the gap between the Māori and Pākehā approaches to money.
Sat, May 16
