Cheese rolls, Bluff oysters and blue cod, yes, but also pāua wontons, ensaymadas, gin flights, beef tataki and much more.

The core issue, according to Helen Clark, is that New Zealand has "a foreign minister that doesn’t appear to like foreigners”.

As Britain enjoys a head-to-head between Nigel Farage and a space alien with a bin on his bonce, the McGillicuddy Serious and Civilian parties are resting in peace.

'It's the literary equivalent of sitting by a crackling fire while an icy southerly whistles outside.'

The black-and-white silent film about the struggles of renting in Auckland takes some bold creative swings but the execution falls short. 

Homer hangs on.

Respected orator Winston Peters yet again showed off his expansive vocabulary in the House.

After Tamatha Paul was accused of ripping off Metallica, Alex Casey looks at the times politics and music have collided. 

Sometimes all it takes is a smiling weightlifter to remind us what makes the Commonwealth Games so great.