Cycling around Waiheke is a good way to take your time and really experience what the island has to offer, writes Kirsten Warner.

Interests closely associated with Mark Hotchin still control an opulent $9.8m Waiheke Island beachhead.

Waiheke Island's boutique wine industry is growing in experience, variety and profile.

There are many events on offer, Auckland-wide, to have you feeling festive.

Deep water fishing is firing at the moment, with large numbers of kingfish over deep pinnacles and reefs in the Hauraki Gulf.

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

The Fletcher family of Waiheke tell Donna McIntyre why they love living on an island in the Hauraki Gulf.

Sharing platters in gorgeous surrounds on a relaxed island is the perfect way to get into the summer spirit.

Environmental artist Martin Hill says he tends to get more pleasure from personal experiences than from tangible objects.

New Herne Bay cafe Zus & Zo is dragging in the locals, but we think the secret should be shared.

During Waimarino's new Thermal Hot Pool & Glow-worm Cave Kayak Tour, paddlers skirt the bushy shores of Lake Rotoiti before slipping into a cave where glow-worms twinkle all around.

Two men were injured when they were thrown into the sea after their motor launch collided with the Waiheke Island ferry last night.

Residents on Waiheke Island yesterday woke to muddy terrain and blocked roads - as dozens of slips occurred after heavy rains.

A combination of vast wealth and tightly-guarded privacy - the features of New Zealand's wealthiest 'old money' family.

The publicity-shy Spencer family have been banned from building two sleek new architect-designed houses on their Waiheke Island estate.

The Herald on Sunday reveals what happened to some of those involved with the Rainbow Warrior and the investigation.

The Auckland Regional Council has been ordered to pay almost $100,000 to a developer.