Throughout the coming months, Otello's, the makers of fabulous authentic Italian sausage and salamis, are offering a Giro D'Italia (Tour of Italy) in our city.

Rapper Kingslee Daley, aka Akala, is a man on a mission; to get at-risk kids exploring words, from Shakespeare to Jay-Z. Scott Kara reports

These prominent Ponsonby Rd properties have plenty to offer.

Buyers of this stylish villa will love its neighbourhood, great schools - and ultra-glamorous bathroom.

Viva's current favourite dishes about town.

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.

Buying ebooks may be convenient but it can't compete with the personality and charm of our best bookshops, writes Danielle Wright.

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.