Publication

Saturday - 11th April, 2026
Cover of Waikato Times - Your Weekend Waikato

The host’s favourite

Arrives with excellent wine, compliments the food repeatedly and somehow helps clear the table without being asked.

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Saturday - 4th April, 2026
Cover of Waikato Times - Your Weekend Waikato

PLUS

Tania Nolan is currently taking charge in a new role on Shortland Street, playing the militant Dr Crane – a performance that draws on a “masculine side” she is finally getting to explore on screen. But as Bess Manson discovers in this week’s cover...

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Saturday - 28th March, 2026
Cover of Waikato Times - Your Weekend Waikato

The bill dance

A polite back-and-forth that ends exactly where it was always going to end: splitting it.

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Saturday - 21st March, 2026
Cover of Waikato Times - Your Weekend Waikato

PLUS

In a world addicted to the “instant”, there is a quiet power in the slow burn. This week we celebrate the art of the long game. Deputy editor Laura Hampson meets five New Zealanders – from a chart-topping 50-year-old singer to a champion weightlifter...

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Saturday - 14th March, 2026
Cover of Waikato Times - Your Weekend Waikato

House

Consider this your cue to rewatch the film before the sequel arrives later this year.

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Saturday - 7th March, 2026
Cover of Waikato Times - Your Weekend Waikato

A CHAT WITH... SHANNA ROSE

Watching a kākā test out its flying skills after rehabilitation is the ultimate in job satisfaction, for veterinary nurse Shanna Rose. The team leader at Wellington Zoo’s Te Kōhanga, The Nest, is a sucker for that cheeky bird, but she loves them all –...

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