Great food and wine - and no rowdies - make the day for Sharon Lundy.

Sharon Lundy settles into an easy bike-riding tour of Wairarapa's award-winning wineries.

The Saturday lie-in has been interrupted by an earthquake in Wairarapa this morning.

Martinborough's reputation for wine production grows stronger with newcomers seeing fit to prove that small can not only be beautiful but affordable as well.

The police are laying their ghosts to rest with different methods and a fresh culture, report Catherine Masters and Jared Savage