Tens of thousands of New Zealanders turned out at dawn services across the country.

Cycling through Marlborough is picturesque, says Maria Slade, especially when there's wine at the end of the road.

The key to groper fishing is to hit the spot at slack tide so the boat doesn't drift off it.

An historic home gives a feel for Marlborough's past, says Don Donovan.

Former Olympic yachtsman Geoff Smale's body has been recovered from Mount Duppa.

The wreckage of former Olympian Geoff Smale's microlight was found on Mount Duppa in the Bryant Range.

Some of our most experienced wine entrepreneurs are among New Zealand's richest people.

When wanting to impress visiting overseas wine buffs, I have trusty favourites that I pluck from the cellar and open with a good deal of confidence.

Wine writer John Hawkesby takes a look back over a year of sipping to come up with his 12 best bottles.

Recent wild growing conditions are posing challenges for winemakers across the globe.

A plane carrying 44 people has safely made an emergency landing at Blenheim Airport, despite a nose wheel failure.

A sentence of home detention for a bar owner who killed a patron is a "mockery" to the family, the victim's father says.

The New Zealand pinot noir movement is gathering pace and the great and good of the wine world jetted in from Singapore, Stockholm and San Francisco last week to experience Central Otago's take on the grape.

New Zealand wines of genuine distinction and world class status are not legion, but they do exist. Some tick some of the boxes some of the time. A few seem to get it dead right most of the time.

Getting experimental in our vineyards is a risky business, but one that has paid off in the past for our winemakers.

Dust your bunny ears down, the Year of the Rabbit is upon us.

They are the grand old vessels of the sea - the ships of old, restored to full glory to sail Auckland's harbours once again, like they did more than a century ago.