Matthew Nester fainted when his doctor mentioned removing his large intestine. It was a solution to the bowel disease that had plagued him since he was 22. It meant walking around with a bag full of h...
Edith Eve almost stopped traffic the day she took her bus driving test. Heads swivelled and people pointed as she drove along the North Shore. It was 1969.
“They just couldn’t believe there was a woma...
Once upon a time Disco 40 had the hippest boogie in town.
The line outside stretched for blocks down Front Street.
Inside, Harvey Wallbangers flowed and cool cats like John Lennon and Burt Reynolds m...
If you’re looking for a new way to get fit, you might want to dig out your high heels. Geisha Chin’s classes show how to use stilettos to “feel the burn”.
“Dancing in heels is not as difficult as peop...
Sedona-Sky Duffy loves everything about being on stage: the nervous excitement, the lights, the clapping.
The 13-year-old is singing her first solo in Gilbert & Sullivan’s Magic of the Musicals next ...
Jane Bothello was surprised the day her father gave up driving. Out of the blue he announced he wouldn’t renew his driver’s licence and refused to say why.
“He was really evasive,” Mrs Bothello said. ...
Jakob Leeuw fell madly in love with Maria Cabral the first time he saw her. She was at work, selling souvenirs in Riihilouma’s, and wasn’t at all impressed by the Dutchman’s sense of style.
Plus, at m...
Barbara Lambert had always loved children and prayed for a big family. Still, she wasn’t quite expecting to have 13.
“When I prayed I didn’t mean that many,” the 90-year-old laughed.
As it turned out,...
Christine Whitestone’s biggest thrill about being cast in Back Words, was that she was playing an actual human.
She played a parrot in last year’s pantomime, Treasure Island. Although she moved around...
In high school, Kristen Carreiro was teased endlessly about her thinness. The other children called her “Toothpick”. It was only as she grew older and started modelling that she learnt to love her bod...