A farmer who was pinned against a fence and "mauled" by two cows while trying to separate calves on Waiheke Island yesterday spent the night in hospital.

The film-maker shares her happy place with us.

Danielle Wright visits the Whittaker's Music Museum and finds a great excuse to day-trip to Waiheke, even on a rainy autumn day.

Evaluating your Waiheke neighbour's wine is fraught with problems. Be too critical and you risk being frozen out; too effusive and you're accused of favouritism and sucking up.

Three dual ziplines planned for Trig Hill will allow two people to ride side-by-side over vineyards and down into native bush.

Wine, food and walks are on offer among the wilds of Waiheke Island, finds Libby Nicholson-Moon.

It's always a funny experience going into a bar that doubles as a cafe.

An old story goes that the guides in the Uffizi, the fabulous Renaissance gallery in Florence, would quietly remind visitors that "it is not the paintings that are on trial here".

Waiheke Island International Jazz Festival event director John Quigley chats to Danielle Wright about this year's line-up and why it's the ideal 'Waihekend'.

Waiheke Island walking guide, Janine James, shares what she loves about her own slice of paradise.

An Urban Reset retreat aims to recharge bodies and minds exhausted by the daily grind.

The sophisticated menu at Waiheke vineyard Te Motu's restaurant The Shed is astonishingly good.

This has been something of an institution since its opening seven or so years ago and it's easy to see why.

I don't take great trouble to disguise my identity when I eat out. The photo above may suggest some coyness, but I am unmasked on the Herald's website. I book in an assumed name and the Professor usually takes the lead when we arrive. But that's it.

There are many beautiful beaches to base yourself on Waiheke. We chose Onetangi.