Auckland Chamber Orchestra looked good on stage at the Raye Freedman Centre, the group's new home for the 2011 season.

Firm's clothes are worn on some of the most luxurious vessels afloat.

Departure of past directors points to trouble in the boardroom.

Can Ports of Auckland get on with business?

Hugh Sundae blogs on season two of Masterchef New Zealand.

Gill South tries a meditation retreat but finds it hard to keep to the code of silence.

It's the dream of many a youngster to own a pony. Shelley Bridgeman takes a look at what is actually involved.

A flotilla of boats will leave from Auckland this afternoon on a mission to show solidarity with an East Coast iwi.

A man weighing more than 200 kilograms has died in hospital, after staff could not give him life saving treatment because he was too heavy for them to roll.

Masterchef producers have admitted cooking up a fake courgette crisis in last week's episode - provoking an angry backlash from fans.

Two trainee Army officers have admitted planning to sell more than two hundred tablets of drugs to their military friends.

A benefit fraudster described as the "face of greed" has been sentenced to three years in jail.

Great recreational spaces were important for the Holloways, but their home has many more seriously good advantages.

An Auckland doctor solves medical mysteries that have her colleagues stumped. Andrew Laxon asks her how she does it

Mt Smart Stadium is to remain the home of the Warriors - but league probably hasn't seen the last of Eden Park.

Labour leader Phil Goff told a hastily-arranged press conference in Auckland this evening that he had accepted MP Darren Hughes' resignation.

Its chefs are televised but this Viaduct eatery is more than just a gimmick.

Listings for current exhibitions at Auckland galleries