On the eve of opening her own store, Viva spends the morning with designer Cybele Wiren.

Shenagh Gleeson finds gorgeous beaches, fine art and good food on the northeastern Coromandel peninsula.

New Zealand holds a special place in Julia McKenzie's heart.

Bronwyn Sell enjoys a girls' weekend away with a difference - a walk and wine in the Coromandel's Kauaeranga Valley.

Spend a weekend taking in the sights while tramping up the Kauaeranga Valley.

Warnings of more gale force winds and heavy rain have been issued as a deep low moves east across the North Island this morning.

Wild weather was last night lashing the upper North Island as heavy rain and high tides combined to keep authorities and residents on high alert for more coastal flooding.

The MetService's severe weather warning for most of the North Island remains in place today, and Bay of Plenty civil defence emergency workers are on standby after heavy rain pelted the region overnight.

A snorkeller has been called the 'luckiest guy in the world' after his life was saved by two cruise boat skippers.

DoC is in talks about handing over camping grounds to private companies to run them at a profit.

Coromandel MP Sandra Goudie has announced she will retire from politics at this year's General Election.

New Zealand could face strong winds and rain from a tropical cyclone battering the Pacific Islands with winds of up to 225km/hr.

A row over developing Coromandel's Kennedy Bay could be solved by the sort of compromise proposed for nearby New Chums, one of the parties says.

The Gaia hypothesis - a theory of planet-as-a-whole-organism propounded by James Lovelock in the 1970s - was the underlying theme of the Gaia Galactic New Year's Eve party, Prana.

The mother of a 13-year-old injured when a jetski rammed his boat has defended letting him and his mate, 11, go on the water alone.