Finished to perfection aptly describes this villa.

Prego's fans are plenty and enthusiastic. And deservedly so.

Chef Che Barrington brings fine-dining technique to bear on the street-market food of Asia.

Elegance and care are central to new-style Japanese eatery.

There's a revolution going on in modern South East Asian food. Nicky Pellegrino gets a taste for it at the new Auckland restaurant leading the Kiwi charge.

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

Fashion company Starfish lost a third of its business when the Christchurch earthquake struck.

A Ponsonby icon proves a sure bet for impressing transtasman visitors.

Fashionable events worth checking out this week.

The lost art of embroidery, once the sign of domesticity and an accomplished gentlewoman, is examined and celebrated by artist Deborah Crowe with a display at Objectspace.

Gill South tries out a new form of exercise in a bid to strengthen her abdomen and increase her flexibility.

MooChowChow brings modern Asian to Auckland.

We came here because sometimes you don't want to risk an average brunch somewhere untried. So we decided on a sure thing.

In the early 90s, I wrote a piece for the Herald in which I sought to demystify for readers (and myself) a cuisine that was newly making its presence felt on the local culinary scene: Japanese.

These cute T-shirts are a collaboration between fashion label Huffer and local charity Paw Justice.

Anil Sharma and Rachel Jones arrived in Freemans Bay eight years ago from Britain, via Palmerston North. Rachel tells Catherine Smith what the family loves about the area.