Viva's team of experts gives its annual verdict on Auckland's best takeout spots for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

With the festive season approaching, Catherine Smith finds there is more than one way to present a present.

Vibha Soni moved to Auckland from a computer career in Mumbai, India. Now she and husband Sanjay run an Asian spice store in Birkenhead, North Shore and sell their Indian spice mixes online and to more than 300 shops around the country.

We came here because a friend had alerted us to the fact the cafe, formerly known as Grace, had undergone a facelift.

Wilmar International is to pay $2.14 billion to buy the sugar assets of Australian conglomerate CSR - including Chelsea.

A new chef and an ever-evolving menu ensure a Shore favourite rivals the best our neighbours across the Tasman have to offer.

We had just finished our desserts (two helpings of poached quince with ice-cream; four spoons) when they arrived. There were probably a dozen but they had the impact of 100.

A North Shore couple had coveted a site just three doors down their street for years, so when it became theirs they built a house that fulfilled all expectations.

A primary school's chocolate fundraiser turned into a debt-collection exercise after parents failed to cough up around $3000.