Protective-barrier model is expensive and its success rate is unclear, researchers say.

Elizabeth Binning exchanges adventure for luxury in a Queenstown hideaway.

Elite academy refines top drivers' skills with some extra lessons.

The historical novel is history-lite, the easiest of entrées into another time and place.

A Christchurch man has been sentenced to three years in prison for an unprovoked attack in a McDonald's restaurant which resulted in the death of a Dunedin man.

Musicians and media have hit out at plans to sell student radio station Radio One as an attack on the cultural heart of Dunedin.

Hilton group has established two hotels - the Hilton Queenstown and the Kawarau Hotel, Managed by Hilton - on land at the Kawarau end of Lake Wakatipu. The Hilton Queenstown was named by Conde Nast Traveler as one of the world's best new hotels in 2012.

For further information see 1.hilton.com.

How best to find the pick of the bunch after a tough harvest.

There are of course dozens of wineries around Lake Dunstan, but I had decided to focus on the Gibbston Valley area.

So many books, so little time. Selecting books for Fiction Addiction is a delicious but sometimes difficult task, so this month we sought help by asking you what makes a good book club read.

Two balaclava-clad men brutally kicked a man unconscious early yesterday, then robbed a dairy at gunpoint.

A new book reveals that sex in the twilight years can be supremely sensual and satisfying.

An investigation is under way into what role synthetic cannabis may have played in a fatal car crash.