You can have your cake and eat it too this Christmas.

Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation dietitian Hannah Keddell says if you focus on "mindful eating", you needn’t feel guilty about enjoying Christmas treats.

Emirates has today underlined its Fly Better promotional campaign with a special offer of Economy Class and Business Class fares on sale through the Christmas-New Year period for travel from New Zealand to the UK and Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia.

Visiting British jockey Patrick Pilley secured his first win in New Zealand when piloting Bridal Veil to victory in the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race (1400m) at Matamata on Wednesday.

The Pākōwhai Regional Park carpark will re-open this Friday, providing a bigger, better entrance to this very popular country-style park.

Over spring we ran our ‘Lead the Way’ campaign so our local communities could help us set the scene about dog control for when visitors come over the busy summer period.

Hawke’s Bay is inviting visitors to pack up the car, get their snacks and music sorted, apply sunscreen to their driving arm, and take on one of the region’s featured road trips this summer.

With the rise in popularity of more movement and mindfulness based exercise options, and with proven benefits and results, it can be tempting to think the days of pure strength and resistance training in a traditional gym environment are losing popularity.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Air New Zealand’s lounges with the airline adding a number of festive touches for customers travelling over the holidays.

Motorsport champion Scott Dixon is coming to New Zealand this month for an exclusive charity evening of conversation and cars for local fans. All proceeds from the dinner will be donated to the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre, New Zealand’s only music therapy centre.

The Great New Zealand Christmas Census has spoken: pork or ham is the meat of choice for a Kiwi Christmas.