Ahead of the food and wine additions to the summer Headland Sculpture on the Gulf, Catherine Smith gets a taste of what's to come.

Overcoming her fears, Donna McIntyre tackles Waiheke's latest adrenalin buzz.

Danielle Wright goes bush with medical herbalist Helen Elscot to preview the Waiheke Walking Festival.

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 13.9 hectare multi-million dollar home for sale at Te Rere Cove, Church Bay, Waiheke Island.

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.

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'.

A free guided walk on Waiheke Island brings visitors closer to nature.

Great island, notes Wendyl Nissen, just leave me in peace on the ferry.

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.