Varsha Anjali
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- 14
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- Sep 28, 2026
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- Jul 5, 2026
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'I get 10 hours': How do NZ leaders sleep? (opens the original)
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How does your sleep schedule compare with our leaders'? How well do you function on a few hours’ sleep? If you’re a world leader, getting barely any sleep seems part of the sacrifice. Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi claimed recently she survives on just “zero to three hours” of sleep per night. According to reports, US President Donald Trump claims to get four to five hours per night, while French President Emmanuel Macron shares his sleep hours with former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatc
When you’re a single woman who lives alone, what is your kitchen for? (opens the original)
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In The Spinster Cookbook, British author Eli Davies explores the pleasurable and fraught relationship a single woman can have with cooking while living in a couple’s world. For a little over two years, I lived alone in a 23sq m studio apartment in Auckland’s CBD. There was no dining table. Instead, there was a shallow coffee table on wheels, which I wheeled out of the way every night to make space for the Murphy bed behind the wall. No one was coming for dinner. There was no space. Still, it was
'They fill those empty arms': NZ's hyper-realistic baby doll collectors (opens the original)
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Nicola Vine has a small collection of reborn dolls. She is part of a growing community in New Zealand. Photo / Anna Heath Warning: Story references pregnancy loss. The reborn doll community is growing in New Zealand. Varsha Anjali speaks with artists and collectors about why they love them. When Nicola Vine is overwhelmed or anxious, she knows she’ll feel better after a cuddle. Lulu is her favourite to hold close. She smells like baby powder. She lies still without fuss. Her hair is sunny and he
'You go to a dark place': The extreme pressure of Hyrox – and what it does to your body (opens the original)
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Australian athlete Joanna Wietrzyk rose to international fame this week after an unfortunate incident while competing at a Hyrox event. Photo / Getty Images Two years ago, Michelle Clark had never heard of the global indoor fitness competition Hyrox. Now it’s all she wants to do. The Brisbane-based Kiwi mum of two says she enjoys running, though she is “not good” at it. But her mindset on competition day is clear: her pace, her race. She fell short of her goal in her first event at the Auckland
'Maybe this is a terrible decision': Ragtag owner on expanding to K Rd (opens the original)
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Auckland’s Michelin-selected restaurant Ragtag is opening a second location on Karangahape Rd. Owner Daniel Freeman speaks to Varsha Anjali about what to expect. When Daniel Freeman biked past the vacant site among the row of white terraced buildings on Auckland’s Karangahape Rd about a month ago, he wondered why no one had taken it. He looked around. He had promised his wife, Hazel, he wouldn’t get a second restaurant while she was busy with admin for the first, doing her MBA and working as a t
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