Cooking demonstrations, fish filleting and mussel opening competitions are part of the fun at the Tauranga Moana Seafood Festival.

UK celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay says he will make a donation after bowing out of two NZ charity dinners for a sick girl.

In the thick of competition season, an amateur chef seeks expert advice on making reality-TV magic.

Joelle Thomson offers us a toast to crisp sparkling rieslings.

Injured father reveals his son suffered an electric shock while fighting to save him from electrocution.

Police have praised the actions of a group of "heroes" who risked their lives to pull three people from the wreckage of a crash in Hawke's Bay.

A Hastings man has been arrested after a 55-year-old man was seriously injured in an alleged assault yesterday.

A 32-year-old woman is in intensive care after being stabbed multiple times with a knife in Hastings this morning, police say.

Phil Pollett's love affair with pies helped him make two big decisions.

Two young brothers are being hailed as heroes after they rescued their dad from a DIY disaster.

We quiz some of New Zealand's best winemakers to find their tipples du jour.

A new property just out of Hastings offers stylish and modern accommodation in a gorgeous setting, writes Joelle Thompson.

Musician Ian Morris was found dead yesterday morning in Napier.

"If I were a house, one side of me has just collapsed. Ian was one of the foundations of me," said Peter Urlich of the late Ian Morris.