Wine writer John Hawkesby takes a look back over a year of sipping to come up with his 12 best bottles.

Recent wild growing conditions are posing challenges for winemakers across the globe.

The manufacturer of a plane forced to crash land without its nose wheel in Blenheim has defended its safety record.

A plane carrying 44 people has safely made an emergency landing at Blenheim Airport, despite a nose wheel failure.

A sentence of home detention for a bar owner who killed a patron is a "mockery" to the family, the victim's father says.

New Zealand wines of genuine distinction and world class status are not legion, but they do exist. Some tick some of the boxes some of the time. A few seem to get it dead right most of the time.

Getting experimental in our vineyards is a risky business, but one that has paid off in the past for our winemakers.

Dust your bunny ears down, the Year of the Rabbit is upon us.

They are the grand old vessels of the sea - the ships of old, restored to full glory to sail Auckland's harbours once again, like they did more than a century ago.

You'll rarely hear "subtle" and "Marlborough sauvignon blanc" in the same sentence.

Brown muscat and men called Keith share something in common - they don't sound very sexy. Nevertheless, I got hot under the collar about some new brown muscat plantings a few weeks ago.

Police and DOC investigations are continuing into the massacre of fur seals at Ohau Point, a popular seal viewing point 22km north of Kaikoura.