Climbing the walls this school holidays? Get them out climbing real ones instead at supervised walls around the region.

Police are investigating how a yacht caught fire, burned through a line and caused damage to two other yachts nearby.

Get some exercise at an outdoor pool. Pack a picnic, take the kids and make a day of it.

Retired troops came here to defend the colony from the "Maori threat" and stayed to found the settlements of Onehunga, Panmure, Otahuhu and Howick.