The wine flowed freely at Okurukuru Winery on Saturday.

Busloads of revellers descended on the picturesque venue for the annual Taranaki Wine and Food Festival, this year featuring new tipples from 12 small boutique wineries.

Take 63 students, nine staff, three days of fun and at the end of it all, you get Ashburton College’s leaders for 2010.

A Japanese Zero from World War II and, probably, modern jetfighters from Australia will carve up Central Otago skies at this Easter's Warbirds Over Wanaka airshow.

The co-ordinator of a Blenheim youth mentoring programme says a generous donation from Spring Creek Lions has ensured the service can continue making a big difference in the lives of young people.

If you wish to contribute to the LCIF relief fund for Haiti, donations can be paid by way of each club's encoded LCI Westpac deposit book. Ensure you write "LCIF" on the face of the deposit slip.  

Previous advice that the donation could be tagged "MJF" and applied to a future Melvin Jones Fellowship is not correct. LCIF Board policy is that designated donations (such as Haiti) are not eligible for MJF recognition.

Any questions please contact Executive Officer David Dawick.

It is with great sadness that the world's attention is focused on the devastating earthquakes in Haiti that left 1.5 million homeless, up to 200,000 dead, and countless injured and traumatized.  It will take years for the country to fully recover, but we know that Lions will be there every step of the way. 

Special day to celebrate Lions Club's gift to Thames' Centennial Pool

An inflatable assault course designed to float in the Thames Centennial Pool has been gifted by the local Lions Club to the people of Thames