Artistic problems and political bickering are plaguing the $1.5 million "lighthouse" sculpture on Queens Wharf.

Hundreds of toys which generations of pre-video-gaming children would have put high on their Santa lists are being unpacked for a bumper auction in Auckland next week.

A Coatesville villa that may have once been home to artist Charles Frederick Goldie is on the market for nearly $2.7 million.

For some New Zealand celebrities it was a bit of horsing around, but their doodles of horses are helping to raise money for Riding for the Disabled.

An artist has redrawn classic animated ladies as breast cancer survivors in a bid to raise awareness for those battling the disease.

Where did you grow up? Mostly in Avondale but when I was 13 my dad took me to Samoa. We came back when I was 16.

For nearly two years Northland doctor Chris Reid photographed his patients. Greg Dixon talks to him on the eve of an Auckland exhibition of the result.

Three portraits by New Zealand artist Charles Frederick Goldie fetched almost $900,000 at auction tonight.

Three portraits by New Zealand artist Charles Frederick Goldie are expected to fetch about $1 million at an art auction in Auckland tonight.

On election night, re-elected Prime Minister John Key pledged he would lead a third-term Government "for all New Zealanders".