What do women wear in fashion cities around New Zealand? We check in with some boutique owners around the country to find out what their customers are buying for winter.

The gorge that links Gisborne and the Bay of Plenty could be closed for up to six weeks after a landslide.

Workers had to literally run for it when the side of a hill came crashing down on to State Highway 2 in the Waioeka Gorge on Saturday afternoon.

Photos from Rhythm and Vines 2011, an annual three-day music festival held at Waiohika Estate Vineyard in Gisborne.

Canadian oil company Apache has been talking up the prospects for onshore oil finds on the North Island's East Coast and is trying to play concerns about fracking and the local environment.

The uncle of a drowned toddler asks if the tragedy would have occurred if the local council was pushed harder to erect a fence.