Ukulele players from Bream Bay and Whangarei are invited to meet tonight at the Butter Factory for an easy and fun strum-along.

Spring brings daffodils, asparagus and lamb.

An epic journey to the heart of New Zealand is underway in search of Kiwis' greatest stories to celebrate the New Zealand Herald's 150th anniversary. Contact the roadtrip duo on nzhgreatest@nzherald.co.nz, through nzherald.co.nz/nzhgreatest, or through social media, including Twitter,hashtag #nzhgreatest or go to our reporter directly @dfisherjourno.

Aren't rainbows one of the most glorious exhibits of nature? The colours they produce bring a smile to all. When you see a rainbow, it feels like a miracle.

Spring can be a terrible season to dress for, writes Rosie Dawson-Hewes.

Spring has well and truly pole-vaulted itself across my desk and demanded I divert my attention away from all those websites selling groovy dresses and instead focus on some fabulous new daffodil-friendly wines.

Highlights from New Zealand Fashion Week 2013

Certainly leggings are still in the latest fashion ranges.

A bronze statue of Opo the dolphin is just days away from arriving in Opononi, almost two years after the stone original was beheaded in an unexplained late-night incident.