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.

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.

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.

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.

One year on from his disappearance, police have renewed an appeal for information about a 19-year-old Nelson student.