Weather for the school holidays has been fairly good across the country, despite the current rain warnings in the west.

Make like a tourist on our tiki tour of New Zealand-themed treatments.

Child, Youth and Family has admitted it did not carry out checks before letting a family resume caring for its baby two days before it drowned in a bathtub.

The King of Tonga is selling his Epsom mansion - but rubber-neckers are not welcome.

Eat Pray Love is in cinemas from October 14, but Viva is delighted to have 10 double passes to a special preview at the luxurious Gold Class Event Cinemas in Queen St, Auckland, on Monday October 11.

The first announcement of the 2011 Big Day Out lineup has been released.

There goes Fashion Week again, and with it that decadent little mid-year rev-up for the soul, writes Rebecca Barry.

Audience treated to substantial if sombre quartet inspired by people and places.

As ambulance officer Masina Reid attended to a seriously ill patient, a thief was stealing her bag from the back of the ambulance.

Gill South talks to four women about their love of beautiful footwear, and gains tips on how to indulge.

Union leader and political commentator Matt McCarten has endorsed Super City candidates to help left-leaning voters elect a progressive mayor and Auckland Council.

Police are investigating a death threat against a political organiser in relation to a possible Super City voting scam in South Auckland.

Join the Herald Online for the live blog of the Big Day Out 2011 Lineup announcement. Twitter comments via #bdonz

Fashion Week wound up with a scramble for bargains at the Herald Designer Garage Sale.

Her Facebook page declares she's "in a relationship", so it should come as no surprise that Keisha Castle-Hughes chose the high profile venue of Nicole Miller's Fashion Week show on Thursday to introduce her new man.

A TEDx conference in Auckland this weekend brought together hundreds of innovators and thinkers to look at 'ideas worth spreading'.

Anyone who has been to Vietnam knows that the best food comes from the north.

Auckland's St James Theatre is part of one of five convention centre bids being considered.

Police today found "odd-shaped" bits of concrete at the building site that is the focus of the Carmen Thomas murder inquiry.