Today the Weekend Herald salutes the winners of the annual Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards, which honour one of the country's greatest leaders, the late Sir Peter Blake.

Station owner defends decision as within the law, but minister says it 'stinks'.

Put on your cycling shorts or football boots and have some quality family time. By Diana Clement.

Man could take part in restorative justice programme after guilty plea to charges.

Wet weekends needn't be dull, writes Gill South.

A simple construction out of pipe and netting can create hours of fun for the active family. By Greig Morgan.

It is a mystery why these annual events have not been replaced by something more befitting the modern age rather than the epoch of Jane Austen.

A teacher and three students were assaulted during an attack involving seven teenagers at Tauranga Girls' College - and the mother of one victim is "disgusted" at how the school has handled the incident.