The 2011 harvest is all but over for the country's winemakers. The vineyard managers can take a well-earned break after the harvest hullabaloo, happy in the knowledge the wines are safely in the tank.

A 71-year-old Malborough man has been jailed for a year for the "systematic, clinical abuse" of an 80-year-old man while in the younger man's care.

Fancy working with your mum? Rebecca Gibb talks to some Kiwi winemakers who are keeping it all in the family.

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

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.

An historic home gives a feel for Marlborough's past, says Don Donovan.

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.

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.