Recap of all the club action action throughout Auckland, Counties Manukau and North Harbour.

A small blue envelope carried 150 years ago from New Zealand to Edinburgh is set to fetch up to $20,000 at auction - for having just half a stamp.

The 2011 harvest is all but over for the country's winemakers. The vineyard managers can take a well-earned break after the harvest hullabaloo, happy in the knowledge the wines are safely in the tank.

Emma Neale is a poet, novelist, teacher and anthologist living in Dunedin. Her latest novel, Fosterling, is the sort of book that can only come from multiple roles and experiences.

A cattle truck driver killed when his truck and trailer rolled on SH1 north of Kaikoura has been named.

The Easter holiday road toll stands at five after a single-vehicle crash in Taranaki last night.

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders turned out at dawn services across the country.