What's a summer without a Road Trip?

A glitzy new cookbook was launched by Te Mata School in Havelock North last night.

On Tuesday evening there will be glasses raised to a special wine. It will be the wine judged to be the Champion Wine of Show; the best of the Bay; the top drop, as declared by the judges of the 15th Hawke's Bay A&P Bayleys Wine Awards.

Ridley Scott has commandeered his fair share of epic stories, some taking place in other times in history and others taking place in alien worlds.

Some of the highlights from The Livamol Spring Classic Premier Raceday, at Hawke's Bay Racecourse, Hastings.