Catherine Wellington

The life of Charlie's Angels star Farrah Fawcett is to be celebrated during a private funeral held, fittingly, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

Motorists travelling through Southland are warned there is a high likelihood of extensive black ice today and extreme care is needed on the roads.

Much of Wanaka's central business district and many residents have been left without phone, eftpos, or internet services after two utility boxes were vandalised last night.

White Stripes drummer Meg White has married fiance Jackson Smith in Nashville.

Motorsport New Zealand chief steward Wayne Scott may get to attend top-level rallying and racing events but there is a catch - he does not get paid.

In-form winger Sitiveni Sivivatu is likely to miss much of the international rugby season after dislocating a shoulder in the Chiefs Super 14 semfinal win over the Hurricanes on Friday.

Rally teams across the country have been monitoring the rain and snowfall around Dunedin over the past fortnight as they gather for this weekend's Rally of Otago.

Otago, South Otago and Eastern Southland make up for not having any drivers representing their regions in this weekend's Rally of Otago national championship by having strongly seeded locals in the other categories.

They get called Team Barbie and shrug off taunts of "look out, the hand-baggers are out there," yet these girl racers are happy to give as good as they get.

Kiwis have long upheld a reputation for producing something a little special from their sheds. Catherine Pattison caught up with a modern-day Burt Munro, whose Mad Max-style V8 trike is a triumph of adaptive mechanical know-how and some sheer can-do in the garage.

New Zealand Alvis Club members don't have to be fans of the king of rock 'n' roll to feel like they are kings of the road as they cruise the country in their British-produced classics.