Whitehaven Wine Company has again shown why it deserves its premium label, taking out three gold medals and a pair of silvers at the 2011 NZ International Wine Show.

Travel to the Southern parts of Auckland and you will unearth a treasure trove of culture as diverse as any round the world trip.

Three-quarters of a century of New Zealand's hugely varied military aviation history will be celebrated in Wanaka next April when the Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow hosts the Royal New Zealand Air Force's 75th Anniversary.

Butchers and manufacturers around the country are testing and tasting their sausage recipes in preparation for the 2011 Devro New Zealand Sausage Competition.

SPCA Cupcake Day, Monday 29th August, is the third annual celebration of this 'cats and dogs' nationwide fundraiser.

Thousands of people throughout the country will be baking, selling and eating cupcakes to raise much-needed funds for SPCA Centres from Southland to Kaitaia.

Hastings residents are being encouraged to enter a national competition to decide which street is the best dressed during the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

In Canterbury, Wattie's is the final stages of harvesting and processing one of its last crops of the season, all 11,000 tonnes of it - carrots that is.

Two Auckland families will have the opportunity to ride on a Ports of Auckland tugboat as it performs on the water during Auckland's Opening Night celebrations for Rugby World Cup 2011 (RWC 2011) on Friday, 9 September.

Ten year old Madison and the rest of her Glamorgan School netball team are counting the days until September, when they will have the rare opportunity to train with�two�top New Zealand netballers, thanks to a recent competition run by the Silver Ferns and Netball New Zealand's elite sponsors

Gisborne is well known for its bright hot climate, chardonnay and relaxed coastal lifestyle, but as Te Ara - the online encyclopedia of New Zealand - reports, its history is filled with some of New Zealand's most significant events, meetings and culture.