Alexia Santamaria enjoys the view and the exercise as she tours Marlborough's wineries on a bike.

Derek Handley's Snakk Media, which helps firms get their ads in front of smartphone and tablet computer users, has recorded revenue of $3.02m for the six months to September 30, up 147 per cent on the same period the year before.

A teenage mother fighting for her life after she was hit by a car allegedly driven by her partner suffered two punctured lungs, a broken leg and a fractured neck, her sister says.

Two teenagers are still fighting for their lives after they were struck by vehicles in separate incidents around Rotorua yesterday.

This architecturally-designed two-storey house is nestled among a cluster of upmarket properties in a quiet cul-de-sac. It accommodates 14 in six sumptuous bedrooms and has three bathrooms and a galley-style kitchen. Views of Coronet Peak, Queenstown Hill, Ben Lomond and the Shotover Canyon complete the sense of luxury.

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Danielle Wright meets the unsung heroes of the summer tennis tournaments.

Alexia Santamaria waves her pompoms to remind us that the show never stops in the entertaining City of Sails.

Hey kids, get ready to shout 'Look behind you!' when the Christmas panto season starts, says Dionne Christian.

Activity providers ensure safety and fun for families, writes Elisabeth Easther.

This King Country town will make you feel right at home, writes Elisabeth Easther.

New Zealanders are far more likely to have visited Australia or the US than their own national parks, according to a new survey.

Canterbury's unique geological setting has led scientists to believe the earthquake sequence it has experienced could likely not happen anywhere else in the world.

Student numbers are expected to increase at the University of Otago next year, turning around three years of declining enrolments at the institution.

Mobile phone giant Nokia has been forced to apologise to its clients after an offensive phrase was posted from its New Zealand Twitter account.

For 125 years the Milford Track has been one of our toughest walks. Venetia Sherson finds it's even tougher for the blind.

Lending restrictions are starting to ease the pressure on the property market but first-home buyers are still finding it tough as prices and interest rates creep up.

Despite the introduction of the Reserve Bank's lending restrictions, home affordability has continued to worsen according to a new report.

The words stand-up comedian and sold-out stadium hardly ever appear in that same sentence in this country, but comedy mega-star Michael McIntyre regularly fills Britain's largest venues and he had no trouble packing out the Vector Arena.

After a weekend in Hawkes Bay, Penny Lewis wonders why she didn't go earlier.