Paul Henry’s Mum Olive turned 79 last week and all she wanted to do was throw herself off the Sky Tower.

Air New Zealand has launched the next big thing in social networking, so forget twitter or facebook (or even myspace), the latest thing in social networking is Matchmaking flights.

The controversial new ad from Air New Zealand has staff (including CEO Rob Fyfe) walking round in body paint and nothing else. This of course requires some strategic camera angles and well placed props. …

A video from 2007, Larry jumps off the City Tower, walks up the Harbour Bridge and eats a White Lady burger. A good primer to Auckland.

Dhani Jones, NFL linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals put New Zealand’s Life Back Promise to the test.

TravelMail’s Tim Clark heads to New Zealand and enjoys a ‘gastro-wine’ tour including Mission Vineyard in Hawkes Bay.

Forget Madonna shaped toast, a Kiwi shaped feijoa fruit has landed a kiwi couple $1000 for their troubles.

The latest sporting strips for both the All Blacks (Rugby) and Silver Ferns (Netball) were unveiled in Auckland today. The white alternate strip to the famous black shirts are used in certain circumstances.

The Waikaremoana Great Walk is a 43 kilometre tramping track which follows the southern and western coast of Lake Waikaremoana in the North Island of New Zealand. Passing through several types of forest, and grassland, …

The new movie District 9 from Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp looks to be the real sleeper hit of 2009. If you are into socialogical science fiction, this is it.

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s advisors have denied the former body builder and Hollywood actor is going to build a multi-million dollar home on his Lake Wakatipu (Queenstown) property.

Air New Zealand’s current single isle domestic fleet of 12 Airbus A320 and 17 Boeing 737s are up for replacement in the next 2 years. Both Boeing and Airbus are competing for the replacement contract.

Photography: Allan Johnston. Music: Chris Cozens.

Aucklanders last weekend built New Zealand’s first ultra long clothsline for charity.