Nicole Miller fitted in like a local at Fashion Week, with the American designer showing a black range.

A hockey representative who bashed a sex worker with a hockey stick and then struck another woman with a car as he was driving away has been jailed for 3-1/4 years.

God bless gaga ... fashion as fantasy swooped down from outer space like an alien invasion on day three of a subdued Fashion Week.

Big girls go goth summed up the darker, more directional mood at The Carpenter's Daughter.

The recent severe weather may have played a part in the birth of a zebra at Auckland Zoo.

A backlit image of Botticelli's Primavera set the stage for an ethereally elegant Trelise Cooper collection.

The Alexandra Owen woman is always a woman apart – a clean, cool beauty, elegant, rather structured.

Turet Knueffermann's first local runway outing for some time looked assured.

A gorgeously girlish show from Twentysevennames was a lyrical start to day three of Fashion Week.

Favourite things come from all areas of life for designer Adrian Hailwood, whose childhood memories of counting rods in maths lessons feature right up there with architecture and Picasso portraits.

This was a salon-style show with guests to name drop seated for high tea in the Langham Hotel's mirrored great room.

Alexandra Owen was annointed the next big thing a few years back and deservedly so.

Get your blood pumping with these adventurous activities in and around Auckland.

A bag of clothing has been found on a construction site which could be temporarily closed as police search for clues in the Carmen Thomas murder inquiry.

One of Parnell's places to be and be seen provides delicious fare at a glamorous price.

Severe weather has hit much of NZ. Follow updates in your area.

Another cold front is set to bring more wet weather to a battered North Island with more snow forecast for Southland.

Jimmy D characterises his look as tongue-in-cheek darkness, with plenty of chaos and some goth/punk thrown in with black humour.

New Zealand's answer to Missoni showed why the Sabatini label has been a stayer with a show displaying its mastery of knits.

Adrian Hailwood's collection was dubbed Going Platinum and his muse was the fake Fifties Hollywood glamour.

Two labels that are more about wearability than wow showed together back on site.

It's surprising that this youthful local label hasn't shown at Fashion Week before, but on this outing they'll be back.

With 31 years experience, the Zambesi team know how to turn on a good show.

Viva's guide to where the fashion crowd are eating, drinking and flirting this season.

Megan Anderson speaks to some of the bridalwear designers showing at Fashion Week today about their journey to the runway.

New Generation group shows are a tough training ground, with young designers vying for attention one after another.