Between 2009 and 2014, New Zealand's top-rating breakfast radio host published a serialised ode to life's simple pleasures on Twitter. We pay tribute to ‘Life is Perfect’, an unheralded literary achievement.
From 2005’s Wayne Anderson: Singer of Songs to new Tom Sainsbury comedy Sextortion, via a dead peacock, a trio of escaped circus lions and a sentimental wrist wallet.
As South Africa prepares to unleash a confusing new three-team version of cricket, it’s time to settle once and for all: which cricket format is the best?
Turns out our politicians have some deeply weird shit on their walls.
Calum Henderson reckons New Zealand has the funniest celebrity chefs per capita. Here, he tries to find the funniest.
After the Black Caps' victory over Sri Lanka in their first match of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Calum Henderson has made an important update to his ranking of every New Zealand ODI shirt.
A little bit of Taika, a little bit Jackson, a little bit Footrot Flats. Calum Henderson celebrates the best New Zealand-made films available to watch on Lightbox.
New Zealand music's most famous musical comedy duo return to the stage in Flight of the Conchords: Live in London. Calum Henderson reviews.
Nothing that happens in Friday’s big celebrity cricket game will ever be as good as Paul Vautin’s catch in the 1993 Allan Border testimonial.
Calum Henderson's seven step guide to adding the Beautiful Game to your summer.
Someone had to do it.
Occupy the annual family Christmas chasm between lunch and dinner with Freeview's guaranteed crowd-pleasers.
A huge if true newspaper report this week has raised the possibility that sandwich bread could soon be a thing of the past. Calum Henderson investigates.
Who can bake good, and who will be baking bad? Our first look at the #GKBO contestants offers some valuable clues.
The hugely popular British show about people watching telly is finally getting a New Zealand version. Calum Henderson on why that's exciting, and what it might look like.
It might be called Coast New Zealand but, after three seasons, it should really be called Neil Oliver New Zealand, writes Calum Henderson.
Look at him. Just look at him. This is amazing.
Calum Henderson examines the case for bringing back a true crime masterclass hosted by the country's most famous lawyer.
An exclusive walking tour reveals the true extent of a city’s obsession with visiting pop star Ed Sheeran.
Calum Henderson dives deep into the New Zealand music archives to discover our greatest one-hit wonders – and the not-quite-as-successful songs by the same artists.
It may not be as flash as its counterparts, but TVNZ 2’s latest obstacle course show more than makes up for it in pure heart.
What is the greatest New Zealand TV theme song ever written? Our search continues with a long forgotten Dave Dobbyn masterpiece from 1989.
Calum Henderson watches The Wall, the new extravagant quiz show that might just outrun The Chase.
David Seymour and Gilda Kirkpatrick are confirmed. Now the Spinoff’s Dancing With the Stars pundit attempts to predict the remainder of this year’s celebrity line-up.
Throw the man a dolphin and buy his $1.9m Point Chevalier house.
Bringing back an awesome show from 20 or 30 years ago may seem like the answer to all our modern TV problems, but is it really? We begin by exploring the case for bringing back Heroes with Philip Alpers.
