One woman's search for her biological mother - and her surprising discovery.

Michael Wrightson has battled police for three years after he reckons an officer incorrectly issued him with a $200 fine for an unwarranted trailer he was taking to get a warrant.

When the new, the groovy, the crazy and the old faves are brought along to next weekend's surfboard show-and-tell at Waipu Cove, a coffin lid will be among them.

Ashleigh Davis wanted the perfect Cinderella wedding pictures but her new husband Louis wanted just one which was a little different.