LifestyleWine: A year of gorgeous dropsWine writer John Hawkesby takes a look back over a year of sipping to come up with his 12 best bottles.24 Feb 09:00 PM
LifestyleGood Taste:In praise of rieslingIf you donned a "Jesus drinks riesling" T-shirt in the normal world, most people would think you were one sandwich short of a picnic, but among other riesling freaks it doesn't make the grade.21 Feb 04:30 PM
New Zealand<i>Weather Watch</i>: Summer weekendMost people are in for a great summer weekend with high air pressure over the North Island and an advancing front in the South Island.17 Feb 08:30 PM
LifestyleWine: Weathering the bad timesRecent wild growing conditions are posing challenges for winemakers across the globe.17 Feb 04:30 PM
New Zealand<i>Ask Phoebe</i>: Mystery of the orange road cones unravelledWe are not being surrounded by aliens from outer space after all, but by PVC monsters.16 Feb 04:30 PM
LifestyleWine: Rosés of many coloursWhile summer continues to roll on, the fashionable tipple should still be rosé. No one is quite sure what is behind the rise and rise of this previously lowly ranked style, but it's popping up all over the place.16 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentWriter keen to acknowledge inner strengthHaving led a lonely childhood, Lesley Pearse knows what it is to seek a better life. Now she is helping women to help others. She tells Stephen Jewell how.14 Feb 04:30 PM
LifestyleGood Taste: Love story through the grapevineIt's that time of year again when we're compelled to buy a sentimental card for our loved ones and go out for a set-menu meal - or wallow in our singledom.13 Feb 04:30 PM
Rugby World CupRugby: Otago, North Harbour open 2011 provincial seasonThe new eight-week competition begins on July 14, when Otago host North Harbour. It involves 14 teams, with games scheduled from Tuesday through to Sunday each week.11 Feb 05:49 AM
LifestyleTop 10 spots to proposeUnited States news organisation CNN International has released its top 10 places to propose to a loved one on Valentine's Day.10 Feb 05:00 PM
New Zealand'I thank my lucky stars I still have one'Holding his only surviving daughter after a horror car crash, Donald Coulter says: "I thank my lucky stars I still have one. I still wish I had two." 10 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandMotorist rescues boy after fatal crashPolice have named a woman and her daughter killed in a crash today. A two-year-old girl also in the car was rescued.09 Feb 12:43 AM
New ZealandSearchers find body in Clutha RiverPolice searching for a missing Roxburgh man have found a body in the Clutha River. 08 Feb 10:59 PM
EmploymentAppeal over BK's final warning to unhappy FacebookerA union will be appealing Burger King's decision to issue a final warning to a Dunedin employee for posting the message "real jobs don't underpay and overwork people like BK does" on her private Facebook page.08 Feb 05:19 AM
