Police were last night searching the house of an associate of the man charged with the murder of Auckland mother Carmen Thomas.

Scenesters queued an hour for entry to the Mercury Theatre, then squeezed in for a show called Last Night's Party.

Daring to be different is paying big dividends for Salasai with its shows getting consistently stronger each season.

Metal maidens were the muse at Jimmy D's dark take on design.

The lady has made many an appearance on the NZFW runways this week; Michelle Yvette's take on her was a glam starlet walking the red carpet - literally.

The future of wool is bright, thanks to some high-tech fabrics developed by New Zealand scientists, which were put through their paces by eight designers today.

Oh the Worlds, you look forward to their shows like you look forward to Christmas.

The brief for the Trelise Cooper show to M.A.C creative director Amber D, and to Grant Bettjeman for hair, was for angelic girls: soft but powerful.

Nicole Miller fitted in like a local at Fashion Week, with the American designer showing a black range.

A hockey representative who bashed a sex worker with a hockey stick and then struck another woman with a car as he was driving away has been jailed for 3-1/4 years.

God bless gaga ... fashion as fantasy swooped down from outer space like an alien invasion on day three of a subdued Fashion Week.

Big girls go goth summed up the darker, more directional mood at The Carpenter's Daughter.

The recent severe weather may have played a part in the birth of a zebra at Auckland Zoo.

A backlit image of Botticelli's Primavera set the stage for an ethereally elegant Trelise Cooper collection.

The Alexandra Owen woman is always a woman apart – a clean, cool beauty, elegant, rather structured.

Turet Knueffermann's first local runway outing for some time looked assured.

A gorgeously girlish show from Twentysevennames was a lyrical start to day three of Fashion Week.

Favourite things come from all areas of life for designer Adrian Hailwood, whose childhood memories of counting rods in maths lessons feature right up there with architecture and Picasso portraits.

This was a salon-style show with guests to name drop seated for high tea in the Langham Hotel's mirrored great room.

Alexandra Owen was annointed the next big thing a few years back and deservedly so.

Get your blood pumping with these adventurous activities in and around Auckland.

A bag of clothing has been found on a construction site which could be temporarily closed as police search for clues in the Carmen Thomas murder inquiry.

One of Parnell's places to be and be seen provides delicious fare at a glamorous price.

If you are part of a big syndicate chasing the Ellerslie million-dollar Pick6 on Saturday get out to the track and have a free bet.

Chelsea Thorpe dipped under the radar for a few years, but is back as Neverblack.

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