The Great Crooners

Sit back and relax to the fabulous music of the Crooners - Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Doris Day, Rosemary Clooney - they can’t make it but their music can. Crooning was a dominant popular vocal style ...

Masterton | Friday, 9 August 2013

Wine: Rare drops up for auction

If you're serious about collecting wines of rarity and significance, then you could do worse than cast your eye over the offerings at the 22nd Hawke's Bay Winegrowers' Charity Fine Wine Auction this Queen's Birthday weekend.

Fashion: Colour for warm fuzzies

Summer seems to have come to a rather abrupt end. Last weekend, I was wandering around in shorts. Today, I am sitting at my desk wearing a polar fleece hoodie, with my feet resting on a heater.

Thief tweaked CV to hide past

A woman who stole nearly $450,000 from a prominent Auckland couple also pinched thousands from a previous employer - and altered her CV to hide her crime. Alexandra Holland systematically defrauded $445,643 from Carter Bloodstock - owned by Auckland Arts Festival chairwoman and former city councillor Victoria Carter and lawyer John Carter - in 2 years from 2010. The 39-year-old Kohimarama mother of two has pleaded guilty to cheque fraud and is due to be sentenced next month. The Carters believe the stolen money was used to fund luxury items and a lavish lifestyle. The couple are now reeling…