Norwegian writer-director Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value is nominated for nine Oscars, including best picture and best director. He's known for The Worst Person in the World, bursting with his trademark deep psychological insight and empathy. Susie caught up with him as he was dusting off his tux ahead of the awards ceremony.

The NZ Festival of the Arts is in full swing and includes a show embracing Malcolm Gladwell's idea that it takes ten thousand hours to master any skill.

A memoir of life as a first-generation migrant, told through food and ingredients that offers a new perspective on an often-misunderstood land.

What are the things you obsess about? What things are just right or just plain wrong?

New earthquake faultlines have been discovered across the motu.

A part psychological thriller and part family saga that examines themes of shame, addiction, truth and the stories we tell to survive.

In a week of climate bombshells, Martha Jeffries is gearing up to be a climate agony aunt!

Bafta award-winning filmmaker Kevin Toolis grew up on a remote Irish island where death and dying were an everyday part of life.

US President Donald Trump has said he will accept nothing less than Iran's 'unconditional surrender'.

Is there such a thing as free will or are our actions pre-determined by our genes and the environment?