Election year promises...

PM John Key has poured cold water on the idea of allowing holidays that fall on the weekends to be taken on another day.

The Auckland Anniversary regatta is now 171 years old. The Herald on Sunday's Anniversary Day magazine is dedicated to the regatta and all those who make it happen and who participate in it.

Voluntourism catching on with holidaymakers and companies.

For local tugboat enthusiast Baden Pascoe, there is something honourable and magical about a vessel that has been a workhorse most of its life.

Size definitely doesn't matter when it comes to radio-controlled yachts.

Today is the last public holiday for New Zealanders until late April - but even then you're missing out.

Is the Kiwi love affair with roughing it going through a tough patch? Lisa Bradley reports.

The Labour Party will try to force the Government's hand to 'Mondayise' Anzac Day and Waitangi Day if they fall on a weekend by introducing a member's bill to make the change.

On the beach, at the bach or in deserted cities - we're not doing much at all.

Chilly bin bandits at popular holiday spots have shown they have some heart.

If you've run out of ideas to keep yourself busy these holidays Julie Harries has a novel idea guaranteed to get the suggestions flowing.

In principle the Conservation Department wants as many of the public as possible to enjoy the estate their taxation maintains. In practice, it is not very good at making that possible.

Growing problems for New Zealanders trying to obtain British visas will be up for discussion in talks with British ministers this week. From April, the number is to be limited to 21,700 a year, compared to about 28,000 in 2009.

Winning lotto ticket a bonus in Auckland man's annual handmade Christmas card from his 13-year-old son.

The holiday is over and that sinking feeling has set in - it's back to work, back to reality.

Police have named the 19-year-old who died when he was thrown out of a car as it plunged 25 metres down a cliff at the Pinewoods Motor Park in Red Beach, north of Auckland, early this morning.

The death of a 15-year-old driver who fled from police this morning was 'completely avoidable', say police. Timoti Mohi was driving a stolen car when he failed to stop for police and drove off at speeds of up to 180km/h.

Warehouse shares have fallen after the retail giant said sales had fallen 2.7 per cent over the past two months.

Campers at a coastal campground north of Auckland are in shock after a teenager was thrown out of a car as it plunged 25 metres down a cliff at the campground early this morning.

Alcohol and speed contributed to more than half the 13 deaths on New Zealand roads over the holiday period.

The holiday road toll stands at 13, the same as last year, following two fatal crashes in Auckland overnight.

An Auckland mother is outraged that her daughter was 'ripped off' by an accident and medical clinic.