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![Concert Review: Les Savy Fav <i>Kings Arms Tavern</i>](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Concert Review: Les Savy Fav <i>Kings Arms Tavern</i>
With so much of Auckland's attention focused on Monday's Laneway Festival, it was always going to be interesting to see how Les Savy Fav's first New Zealand show was going to go.
![Foals headline Laneway 2011](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Foals headline Laneway 2011
Exclusive photos from Foals' headline set at the 2011 Laneway Festival in Aotea Square, Auckland.
![Waiheke Island: Backyard wonder](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Waiheke Island: Backyard wonder
Never mind Europe's easy weekend haunts, we have Waiheke Island, writes Kerri Jackson.
![Laneway Festival 2011](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Laneway Festival 2011
All the action from the bands and the crowds at the 2011 Laneway Festival at Aotea Square on Auckland Anniversary Day.
![Laneway Festival: <b>Live blog</b>](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Laneway Festival: <b>Live blog</b>
Live reports, information and anything else we can think of from the Laneway Festival at Auckland's Aotea Square.
![Racing: Banchee may be tried over ground](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Racing: Banchee may be tried over ground
Impressive effort opens up options as star filly accounts for rivals with ease.
![Sea snails prove a challenge for daredevil tasters](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Sea snails prove a challenge for daredevil tasters
Thousands have been flocking to the Viaduct Harbour this holiday weekend to tuck into seafood ranging from oysters to sea escargots (sea snails).
![Tastes of 2011 (+recipes)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Tastes of 2011 (+recipes)
Quality smallgoods, dried delights and exotic produce are set to make their mark.
![Queen St car ban touted by Council](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Queen St car ban touted by Council
NZ's premier retail street could be blocked to vehicles and turned into a mall in a move reminiscent of New York's reclaiming Broadway for pedestrians.
![<i>Mark Donnelly:</i> Building relationships can help save our heritage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Mark Donnelly:</i> Building relationships can help save our heritage
Mark Donnelly explains how a better result could have been achieved in St Heliers
![Reverse pub crawl set for April](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Reverse pub crawl set for April
A pub tenant is being sought for Auckland's historic Birdcage Tavern near Victoria Park.
![Auckland: Sailing's in the blood](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Auckland: Sailing's in the blood
The Auckland Anniversary Day regatta has always been a family affair for yachting legend Penny Whiting - while she was being born, her father was on the Waitemata Harbour racing in the very same regatta.
![Tugboat tussle to thrill the crowds](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Tugboat tussle to thrill the crowds
For local tugboat enthusiast Baden Pascoe, there is something honourable and magical about a vessel that has been a workhorse most of its life.
![Racing: Remarkable run of Riddell continues](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Racing: Remarkable run of Riddell continues
Lisa Latta clearly remembers her thoughts moments before Fort Lincoln mastered Antonio Lombardo in last night's $1 million Karaka Million at Ellerslie.
![Regatta is a family affair](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Regatta is a family affair
The Auckland Anniversary regatta is now 171 years old. The Herald on Sunday's Anniversary Day magazine is dedicated to the regatta and all those who make it happen and who participate in it.
![Open up and say 'Aarrrr! Shiver me timbers'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Open up and say 'Aarrrr! Shiver me timbers'
I managed to spend some time on Waiheke Island over the break, soaking up the sun and catching up with friends.