Crowds gathered at the Auckland War Memorial Museum for a dawn service were unaware police had received a threat a bomb would be planted at the cenotaph.

We came here because Benediction is an old favourite and we hadn't been in ages as it's a little off the beaten track for us these days now we live in the 'burbs.

KiwiRail is slashing the number of trips its Overlander train service takes between Auckland and Wellington.

Karl Zohrab is a film and television producer who lives in Pt Chevalier. He is currently working on a documentary based on the life of one of New Zealand's unsung Gallipoli heroes.

This is one of those bars I really wanted to dislike, because every time I passed by there were people sitting outside enjoying a beer while I was stuck in traffic, fuming at the complete inability of people to drive.

Loyal regulars had mentioned to me that Cafe Rikka in Newmarket had gone badly off the boil. Then I heard it had closed. These two things may not be unrelated.

Little and Friday cafe's Kim Evans tells Elisabeth Easther what she loves about the lower North Shore.

Ponsonby newcomer kicks off to a strong start.

Evaluating your Waiheke neighbour's wine is fraught with problems. Be too critical and you risk being frozen out; too effusive and you're accused of favouritism and sucking up.

A little Indonesia in the heart of Parnell.

We came here because my brother-in-law and his wife were housesitting close by and had made this their local for a few weeks. They were big fans, so we came to find out what the fuss was about.