The recent conviction of two Auckland cabbies for working excessive hours should be a lesson to others, the New Zealand Transport Authority says.

Mecca Cosmetica has become the New Zealand stockists of Diptyque, the cult French candlemaker.

The Laneway festival has a lineup that will ensure a dreamy, then magical, then devastatingly angular musical experience.

She belies the conceit that readers only want primary characters who are likeable.

The weather isn't always a headline maker but it certainly affects us more than many of the news stories that we read about each day.

Alistair Bailey of Whitianga enjoyed some well-prepared bread from Mr Burns at Glastonbury in the UK.

Lots of people start new businesses. Not so many sell them for more than $10 million. Two sisters tell Christine Nikiel how they did it - and why lunch matters.

The French are the experts when it comes to all aspects of culture. Julie Harries explores Auckland's Gallic connections in a quest to gain some quintessential French style and attitude.

The wild weather bomb that hit the 10th New Zealand Fashion Week made everyone feel a bit drippy. At times the front row resembled a row of sodden crows on a wire, as fabulous baubles and sexy shoes were abandoned in favour of warm clothes.

Actress turned director Sophie Roberts lets Viva in on her style secrets.

The courses run by Tree Adventures at Woodhill Forest can prove just as much of a fun challenge for adults as for kids. Kirsten Warner gave it a try.

The first Auckland Council has been decided, and it has a centre-left look about it, which will make life easier for Super Mayor Len Brown.

The teenager who supplied alcohol to James Webster, who died after a night of binge drinking, is refusing to say where he got the alcohol.

Alcohol-poisoning victim James Webster's father says his son's death would have been avoided if he'd known the risk he was taking.

Get ready to be entertained by some Japanese culinary theatrics.