What's inside your handbag?

Handbag

Tell us why you carry around the things you do inside your handbag.

Harper's top women of 2012 When it comes to fashion, don't follow the crowd 'Women can't have it all'

I gave birth without ovaries

Embryo, IVF I knew from the time I could understand that I had no ovaries.

I lost a breast, it's done its job

breastfeeding As women we tend to keep things close to our chests (no pun intended).

'Pack your bags and go home'

Australia's best beaches I had spent 30 years in Tauranga and the Groundhog Day was starting to suffocate me.

Escaping from feral students

Drunk teenager, drunk boy The worst party began at 5.30am and I rang noise control at 1.00am the next day.

Breast cancer battle scars

Emerald Reid Has breast cancer affected your life? Share your story for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Taste of travel competition

Alongside the sights and sounds, tastes and aromas embed themselves in your holiday memories.

Is life better across the ditch?

The real toll of NZ's roads

This sister act rocks

Haim When people hear of a band that consists of three siblings, they assume it will be Hanson.

Hot right now: Alt-J

This album is full of hard-hitting tracks with amazing song structures, Logan Smith writes.

Review: In Rolling Waves

Judy, voice of the century

New flavas from Shapeshifter

For fans of genre-bending electronica music with soul, this album is well worth a look.

NZ society 'white washed'

liu As an Asian living in NZ, I will always feel inadequate next to bombshell blondes.

Mirrors should be abolished

I'm tall and chubby with crazy hair, tattoos and scars that really are nobody else's business.

My irrational hang-ups

I wish I could accept myself

My body is not my enemy

When I go in for an epic high-five to say thank you for living life with me, my body will high-five me back.

We need an even playing field

V8 car There should be a robust process in place before we throw money at favoured sports.

Relying on 'sausage funding'

If you're lucky enough to make the NZ squads, then you better burn a lot of sausages.

NZ basketball needs lift

Sports funding a 'joke'

Give ballplayers a chance

There are great Kiwi baseball players, but the sport survives on TAB money.

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