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Weekend blitzes keep police busy
More than 1000 infringements were recorded by police during a blitz on drink driving over Easter at the top of the South Island.
![Many attend rainy Anzac Day services](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Many attend rainy Anzac Day services
Tens of thousands of New Zealanders turned out at dawn services across the country.
![Marlborough: Grape escape](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Marlborough: Grape escape
Cycling through Marlborough is picturesque, says Maria Slade, especially when there's wine at the end of the road.
![Geoff Thomas: Sounds like plenty of fun](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Geoff Thomas: Sounds like plenty of fun
The key to groper fishing is to hit the spot at slack tide so the boat doesn't drift off it.
![Marlborough: Cob cottage a perfect picture of the past](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Marlborough: Cob cottage a perfect picture of the past
An historic home gives a feel for Marlborough's past, says Don Donovan.
![Woman crashed car while brushing her teeth](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Woman crashed car while brushing her teeth
A teacher who crashed her car while brushing her teeth told police she had lost concentration.
![Wine: The vintner's luck](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Wine: The vintner's luck
Some of our most experienced wine entrepreneurs are among New Zealand's richest people.
![Wine: Bottles speak for selves](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Wine: Bottles speak for selves
When wanting to impress visiting overseas wine buffs, I have trusty favourites that I pluck from the cellar and open with a good deal of confidence.
![Wine: A year of gorgeous drops](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Wine: A year of gorgeous drops
Wine writer John Hawkesby takes a look back over a year of sipping to come up with his 12 best bottles.
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Plane in crash landing 'robust'
The manufacturer of a plane forced to crash land without its nose wheel in Blenheim has defended its safety record.
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Emergency landing at Blenheim Airport
A plane carrying 44 people has safely made an emergency landing at Blenheim Airport, despite a nose wheel failure.
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Home detention a 'mockery' victim's family says
A sentence of home detention for a bar owner who killed a patron is a "mockery" to the family, the victim's father says.
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Good Taste: Pinot movement
The New Zealand pinot noir movement is gathering pace and the great and good of the wine world jetted in from Singapore, Stockholm and San Francisco last week to experience Central Otago's take on the grape.
![Wine: Ticking the right boxes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Wine: Ticking the right boxes
New Zealand wines of genuine distinction and world class status are not legion, but they do exist. Some tick some of the boxes some of the time. A few seem to get it dead right most of the time.
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Winemakers daring to be different
Getting experimental in our vineyards is a risky business, but one that has paid off in the past for our winemakers.