Australia's Leighton and New Zealand's Fletcher compete for motorway project.

An empty house on a friend’s farm in Otago becomes home to a lifetime worth of prize finds from around the world.

The Global Cities initiative is looking at ways to help Auckland become a better place to live and work, writes Ruth Le Pla.

With the luxury of having a liveable home already, an Auckland couple have taken more than a decade to transform it.

One of the world's more highly-sophisticated miniature drone spy planes can often be found in the skies over New Zealand.

Italian Caterina Riva is here to direct and curate the new Artspace. Viva finds out more about her tastes.

Interior stylist LeeAnn Yare shares how to be colour confident in the home.

An Auckland couple combined their own style with the original features of their new city home.

An artificial joint touted as the best on the market has turned into an international medical disaster. The Weekend Herald investigates why no one here saw it coming.

Their love of printed language informs many of New Yorker Erin Fae and New Zealander Moira Clunie's choices of best-loved items.

A Christchurch couple enjoyed designing their own home from scratch.

Almost two years after starting a villa renovation, Rachel Grunwell and husband Damien Buckley have finally finished.

Antique store owner John Stephens makes regular trips to France to hunt out treasures.

The designs of artist Emma Hayes are hot property for textile and fashion fans.

Today the Weekend Herald salutes the winners of the annual Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards.

British interior designer Geraldine James shares her passion for transforming rooms.

Sam Haughton's recent award-winning designs are practical and good-looking.

Illustrator Evie Kemp tells Viva about her attraction to extremes of light, colour and character.

Retreat to a beachside paradise with conversation and craft, writes Amanda Linnell.

A shining star of Moorcroft Pottery's design team visits New Zealand this week.

A favourite colour was the obvious choice to feature throughout an Auckland home renovation.

Matt Arbuckle's new gallery aims to support and showcase young artists.

Interior designer Anna Keen has had a varied career, from creating kennels to a distinctly New Zealand hotel.

When doing up their home, Justine Verrall and Logan Granger had their minds on the future.

Artist Liyen Chong, exhibiting as part of the Auckland Festival of Photography, shares a few of her favourite things.