More than 1000 infringements were recorded by police during a blitz on drink driving over Easter at the top of the South Island.

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.

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.

A teacher who crashed her car while brushing her teeth told police she had lost concentration.

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.

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

The manufacturer of a plane forced to crash land without its nose wheel in Blenheim has defended its safety record.

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.