Auckland does not have a monopoly when it comes to good eating, finds Nici Wickes.

Store north of Auckland takes the title in this year's competition.

There is one surprise among the venues named for the All Blacks home tests against Wales, Ireland and the Tri-Nations.

Hip-hop stars Savage and Scribe are to perform at an all-star benefit concert to help raise money for tsunami-devastated Samoa.

South Island mayors have been quick to say "no thanks" to the prospect of the Undie 500 student rally moving to their neck of the woods.

Canterbury student leaders turn the key off for the infamous Canterbury car rally to Dunedin.

The University of Otago says it will come down hard on students whose "loutish behaviour" at the weekend threatened its reputation.

Police have charged 67 people following the riots in Dunedin over the weekend as the Undie 500 event came to town.

The mayor of Dunedin wants students involved in weekend riots to be punished without regard for their future careers.

Police ran out of pepper spray against an angry mob of around 600 during more ugly Undie 500 related scenes last night.