A bronze statue of Opo the dolphin is just days away from arriving in Opononi, almost two years after the stone original was beheaded in an unexplained late-night incident.

The monochrome trend is not new, but it's certainly one that has staying power.

Lisa Lyford answers our readers' questions on personal styling.

Questions and answers with fashion designer Brooke Barrett.

This is my favourite time of year for fashion. It's not freezing, so we're not stuck under heavy jumpers, big coats and thick tights.

A love of horses and wakeboarding has seen a Northland equestrian duo combine raw horse power with the exhilarating watersport. Good mates Chloe Phillips-Harris, a full time horse trainer in Kawakawa, and Nikita Osborne, a vet and horse rider in Kerikeri, have trained a wild Kaimanawa horse to gallop through the surf with a wakeboarder skimming along behind.