A decision on a plan to double the size of Auckland's St Lukes shopping centre has been deferred after angry reactions from local residents.

Sex industry magnates are to open a 'massage' club directly opposite the Sky Tower and flanked by residential buildings and shops.

Police were last night searching the house of an associate of the man charged with the murder of Auckland mother Carmen Thomas.

Fundraiser to aid the homeless gives executives the chance to do good, and be better role models.

Scenesters queued an hour for entry to the Mercury Theatre, then squeezed in for a show called Last Night's Party.

Daring to be different is paying big dividends for Salasai with its shows getting consistently stronger each season.

The future of wool is bright, thanks to some high-tech fabrics developed by New Zealand scientists, which were put through their paces by eight designers today.

Oh the Worlds, you look forward to their shows like you look forward to Christmas.

The brief for the Trelise Cooper show to M.A.C creative director Amber D, and to Grant Bettjeman for hair, was for angelic girls: soft but powerful.

Annah Stretton went western for her showing at NZFW this afternoon, with a collection inspired by frontier woman Calamity Jane.

Police investigating the murder of Carmen Thomas have this evening turned their attentions to an east Auckland house, according to a report.

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 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.

Colleagues who arrived early and wormed their way forward at last night's Nom*d installation mentioned models acting up and a whip being wielded.

The people in the Fashion Week crowd that really matter are the ones who can make or break a label - the buyers.

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.