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We may have seen our first showers of 2015 yesterday, but the Auckland region is soaking up its driest start to summer in almost a decade.
We may have seen our first showers of 2015 yesterday, but the Auckland region is soaking up its driest start to summer in almost a decade.
Pack your togs and your walking shoes - Sculpture on the Gulf is back. Donna McIntyre gives the low-down on what's new at the exhibition this year.
Stunned staff and some 100 swimmers watched in disbelief as a fun-loving sea lion waddled through reception and cafe to "swim laps" in a public pool yesterday.
Alex Casey revels in the highs and lows of Daniel Corbett, the endearing One News weatherman and replacement for Jim Hickey in our hearts.
Lorde's failure to land an Academy Award nomination has drawn the ire of Oscar-watchers and US music critics.
Summer Diary wraps this week, so we sat down with three of New Zealand's biggest acting exports, Danielle Cormack, Anna Hutchison and Sara Wiseman, to talk about their holiday exploits and why they chose to come home to Auckland.
As if we needed more opportunities to embarrass ourselves on Facebook, the world's largest social network is abuzz with a new and questionably worthwhile game.
The former student from Hamilton, won Miss Waikato in 1996 and was runner-up in Miss New Zealand the following year.
New year, new look for New Zealand golf pro Lydia Ko, who has ditched her signature glasses and hair tie for a new online bio pic.
People who work longer are more likely to seek solace in alcohol, new research finds.
Scrapping over who is best-suited to pay someone else's mortgage isn't the ideal start to the year, but it's a January ritual for many Auckland renters.
At just 17 Angela Dotchin won fame on Shortland Street, playing receptionist Kirsty Knight for six years from the first episode in 1992.
A video of a man riding a trolley down Auckland's Queen Street while being followed by police has been viewed more than 3.25 million times on Facebook.
After a long wait, most high school students will be finding themselves face to face with their year's work as NCEA exam results are published today.
Kathy Griffin is prepared to make enemies in her new roles as host of Fashion Police. And she picked Kiwi singer Lorde as one of her first targets.
Well-priced central Auckland rentals are attracting dozens of prospective tenants to open homes, with many people queuing to see a vacant property, a real estate company says.
All Black flanker Victor Vito, 27, and his wife Amber, 25, have welcomed their first child.
Our fashion jury round up the best and worst looks on the Golden Globes red carpet. Plus a pointer to the three best dressed gents of the evening.
In 1999, when Craig Nevill-Manning was approached by Larry Page to join the new web phenomenon called Google, "of course the answer was no", he says.
When you are told you are over-qualified to stock supermarket shelves, one option is stand on the street with a sign pleading for a job - any job.
The 72nd annual Golden Globes Awards are spreading the love around to everyone except North Korea and Bill Cosby.
A recent study got us thinking: What other crazy things do we know about coffee thanks to science? Answer: a lot
In a market more competitive than a bazaar of carpet sellers, airlines see that by improving their food, they improve the experience and are more likely to get the passenger booking again.
New Zealanders living in Australia have chalked up a small but important victory for expats after being accepted for trials with the Australian Defence Force.
Sharks enjoying the surf at a popular Coromandel holiday spot caused a bit of a stir with beachgoers yesterday.
Lorde has only a slight chance of her trophy cabinet getting any more crowded today.
Champagne bottles glistened in buckets of ice as beautiful people in stylish sunhats, designer glasses and perfect tans followed theaction at the ASB Tennis Classic in Auckland yesterday.
Hollywood hunk Karl Urban has brought his new girlfriend, American starlet Katee Sackhoff, home to meet his family and friends, Summer Diary can report.
She's won a Grammy and counts Taylor Swift as a friend, but that hasn't made Lorde any less of a Kiwi teen.