It's a paradise where time slows and crayfish dinners are all part of the landscape.

Hawke's Bay Police are urging people to use common sense after recent "stupidity" put rescuers' lives at risk during two dangerous rescue missions.

Canadian oil company Apache has been talking up the prospects for onshore oil finds on the North Island's East Coast and is trying to play concerns about fracking and the local environment.

A Dannevirke man has been told by a local health board his stomach pain may have been caused by a hysterectomy - the surgical removal of a woman's uterus.

Writer Peter Wells explains the process of working with Auckland artist Gavin Hurley to create the cover for his new biography of the controversial historical figure William Colenso

A winery tour by horseback is a good reintroduction to horse-riding, finds Claire McCall.