Most of the country will enjoy fine weather with a chance of showers for the rest of the Easter holiday weekend.

COMMENT: It's time to let Easter go. Its spiritual significance is non-existent and its recreational function an annoyance.

Whether it's inside, outside or somewhere in between, we have your long weekend covered.

When others let us down the hope present in the Easter story still stands. It's a hope that stands for eternity.

If you thought the taste of chocolate Easter eggs was as good as it gets, scientists may be able to make it a whole lot better.

If you're looking for the secret to the best tasting chocolate, science may have found the answer for you.

Chunks of dark chocolate and tart dried cherries take these hot cross buns to a new level.

Historian discovers how close five young Kiwis came to being among first victims of Irish insurrection.

At the moment, Easter can fall on any Sunday between March 22 and April 25.

Supermarkets have brought in trays of the usual array of chocolate eggs, including the year-round favourite Cadbury Creme Egg. But not everyone is happy.

Michael Woodhouse is right. The rules governing shop trading on Easter Sunday are complex and relatively arbitrary.

Motorists are being warned to take care this Queen's Birthday weekend as holiday-makers hit the roads, winter draws in and 'Gypsy Day' stock moving takes place.

Customarily, retailers who flout the Easter trading laws have been content to quietly pocket their profits. But this year was different.

NZ's an increasingly secular country, writes Brian Rudman. The 2013 Census recorded 41.9 per cent of us as having no religion.

This Easter weekend had the second lowest road toll on record and was the first with the new lower alcohol limits for drivers in effect.

The charm of St Patrick’s Cathedral’s Monsignor Bernard Kiely melts folk like Easter bunnies left out in the sun, Michele Hewitson discovers.

Auckland’s church leaders explain why Easter is a time when hope for eternal life emerges from despair.

Drivers don’t divert to alternative routes unless they can see the queue, even if they’ve already been warned of a blockage.

Laura Freeman puts to the test a once-popular Elizabethan recipe involving a hot spit and pepper.

These days we don't have much restraint when it comes to eggs made out of chocolate, but how many regular hen eggs are okay to eat?

ACC is warning Kiwis to beware this Easter, as waistlines are not the only thing at risk over the annual holiday.

Traffic heading both north and south out of Auckland has slowed to a crawl in places, as holiday-makers head for their favourite Easter spots.

I spotted my first bun in early January. I should have written to the London Times, asking if that was a record, like hearing the first cuckoo in spring.

Retailers are calling for a revamp of Easter trading laws, as one rebellious garden centre vows to again defy the ban.

Hundreds of millions of Christians throughout the world will tonight begin their annual celebration of the events of the holiest and most sacred period in the Christian calendar, the first Easter -....

One of the most watched YouTube clips this year is from Gay Byrne's interview with Stephen Fry for an Irish TV series, The Meaning of Life.