Auckland pedestrians will have a lunch time treat on Thursday as local pop-star, Dane Rumble, takes the stage on a billboard to celebrate the month that was - Vodafone's 30 Days of Music.

Some of New Zealand's best young trade trainees are a step closer to representing New Zealand as part of the 'Tool Blacks' team heading to WorldSkills 2011 in London.

New Zealand mother Frances McInnes has proven that with plenty of "crafty ingenuity", a vivid imagination and a collection of baby formula scoops, it's possible to turn out a plastic bra so unique, it features in the Montana World of Wearable Art's - Bizarre Bra section.

'Loops' designed by Indian first time entrants Yogesh Chaudhary and Manas Barve won the Montana WOW® Supreme Award in Wellington.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts announces the launch of starwoodhotels.com/newhoteloffers, a site where guests can find unique and exciting offers for new hotels around the world, including meetings, leisure groups, short stays, SPG and SPP at a touch of their fingertip.

Pink Noise, a New Zealand based artist community, and regularly published zine at www.pinknoise.co.nz, will be holding their first gallery showcase at Roasted Addiqtion on Friday the 8th of October at 7:30 pm.

Using traditional slow cooking methods from across the globe, Executive Chef Nitin Kumar will take you on a culinary journey.

Prolonged cooking periods and precise technique intensify and enhance aromas, resulting in a dish that is complex but delicate in flavours.

I am frequently confronted at Matchcompany by the problem of men who are hesitant about dating,
or who simply have a reticence when it comes to dating.

The best conditions of the season are waiting for school holiday skiers and snowboarders at Lake Wanaka's four mountain resorts this weekend.

We thought things couldn't get much worse after the devastating earthquake in christchurch but the bad news just keeps on coming.