Hollywood superstar Diane Keaton is being remembered for a legendary career spanning decades.

A family spokesperson told People magazine the 79-year-old has died in California.

Keaton is best known for her Oscar-winning performance in 1977’s Annie Hall and her role in The Godfather films.

Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newall says her career just kept on going.

"There's a whole bunch of movies she made with Nancy Meyers, the Father of the Bride films, Something's Gotta Give, the Book Club franchise, The First Wives Club."

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Results from this weekend's local elections are still rolling in, with some races still too close to call.

But Auckland's Wayne Brown and Christchurch's Phil Mauger have definitely won second terms with decisive victories.

Andrew Little's the new mayor in Wellington, and Tim Macindoe's won in Hamilton.

Voters in just 17 council areas have opted to keep Māori wards, with voters in 25 opting to scrap them.

Newstalk ZB election reporter Michael Sergel says Sophie Barker is leading Dunedin's mayoral race, but this outcome could change on final results.

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Former Hamilton West MP and current Hamilton city councillor Tim Macindoe's won the mayoral race in Hamilton.

He's committed to bringing down wasteful spending and improving resources for the city. 

Macindoe says Hamilton ratepayers have faced some of the highest rates rises in the country - a fact that's not set to change.

"They are really feeling the pain - and unfortunately, there are no easy options for us to take that can suddenly get things down in a hurry. But we have to eliminate wasteful spending."

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Re-elected mayor Christchurch mayor Phil Mauger is calling for a rethink to local election voting systems.

Mauger says he's humbled by the margin of his victory over rival Sara Templeton, but admits the country needs better engagement.

"And our general elections are very well-subscribed, because we're going down and voting and the postal system's just not working. We need to do something different."

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Andrew Little is laying out his priorities as he takes the Wellington mayoral chains. 

He won a landslide in the capital, getting more than 34,000 votes. 

His nearest competition was Karl Tiefenbacher on 8807 votes. 

He's acknowledged leading Wellington is a big job, but he's determined to take the necessary steps.

"I'm serious about a council where everybody has a role, has a place and a stake in what we do - and then sort of knitting that together."

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Wayne Brown says his second term will see the continuation of cutting wasteful spending. 

He surged to victory, scoring 90,000 more votes than nearest opponent Kerrin Leoni. 

He says he's committed to making a city-wide deal with the central Government - so both entities can work as equal partners.

"We don't fit into the role of other small councils, and so we want to be negotiating as equal partners with the Government over things. No more secret bridge crossings and stuff like that."

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Kiwi pop icon Suzanne Lynch's had a long-running music career, and she's looking back on her legacy in a new memoir.

Lynch got her start at 14 after a chance encounter with guitarist Peter Posa, which led to the creation of The Chicks, often considered New Zealand’s first successful girl group.

Since then, she's worked with many well-known artists - and even toured the world with Cat Stevens twice.

"I was just doing something I loved, and I'm still doing something I loved. Until I started writing that book, I didn't realise just how much I'd done and I kept thinking - oh, I must mention this and I must mention that."

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TV personality and author Richard Osman recently took a brief writing hiatus, but he's returned with the latest instalment in the Thursday Murder Club book series.

The series focuses on  a group of retirement village residents who investigate unsolved murders, and it's gotten so popular, it's received a Netflix adaptation starring Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren.

Osman says he's enjoyed returning to the series and he's promised this next instalment will be a 'treat' for readers.

"It's always difficult, but I hope at the end it looks and feels effortless."

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Gravity Let Me Go by Trent Dalton. Noah Cork should be on top of the world. His new true crime book is a bestseller, but strange things happening around him are deeply unsettling. As a major storm threatens Brisbane he’s caught up in one of his own, failing to see what’s right under his nose in this brilliant story about murder and marriage and one man desperate to do the best by his family, with no idea how to go about it.

Boleyn Traitor by Philippa Gregory. Jane Boleyn was the sister of Anne Boleyn and a senior lady in waiting to five of Henry V111’s wives. The book is written from her perspective, about their lives in his court. The story of these women as they lived through a volatile and dangerous period in service of a petulant and unreliable king is compassionate, insightful and utterly riveting, and bears some comparisons with modern days. I adored it. 

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The Holiday Inn Express recently unveiled a new morning alarm system that's designed to be more pleasant than a blaring clock.

The Holiday Inn Express Breakfast Alarm Clock is designed to wake guests up with the smell of bacon, coffee or muffins.

BloggerAtLarge's Megan Singleton got the chance to try it out to find out if this technology's worth the hype.

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