This luxurious and sun-soaked property converted two certified city slickers to the good life

Recap of all the club action action throughout Auckland, Counties Manukau and North Harbour.

Cate Foster gets on her bike and enjoys the trails of Woodhill Forest - and the refreshment waiting at the end of her journey.

Armed robbers are targeting two small communities near Auckland, including one holdup in which a terrified golf instructor tried desperately to get his boss' attention over a live security camera as he was being tied up by the gunman.

The trip to Riverhead Tavern is all part of the experience, writes Cate Foster.

A road trip to try some of our rarer wines is a treat more tempting than chocolate eggs.

Overcoming her fears was easier than Joelle Thomson imagined in her wildest downhill nightmares, thanks to a top Auckland ski instructor.

Mid-term and looking for a rest from routine, Danielle Wright gathered up her family and their gumboots, and headed for the hills.

Free-range eggs, on the spot, while you wait, somewhere near Helensville.

The campaign against setting up to 200 tidal turbine power generators in Kaipara Harbour shifts next month to the Helensville electorate of Prime Minister John Key.

A man been jailed for twice raiding a fruit business' honesty box at Warkworth to pay gang associates who were threatening him.

A body has been pulled from the water after a light plane crashed into the ocean near Orewa Beach, north of Auckland. Pieces of the wreckage are washing up on the beach.

Delicious cheese is a serious business at Crescent Dairy Goats farm in Kumeu, writes Phil Parker.