The wife of a man who died while checking his crayfish pots near Kaikoura on Tuesday says her husband loved nothing more than his garden and fishing.

The search for a 79-year-old fisherman missing since a boat capsized off the Kaikoura coastline yesterday morning resumed at first light today.

Searchers are yet to locate a 79-year-old fisherman, missing off the Kaikoura coast after a boat he was in capsized this morning.

The body of a man has been found by searchers on the shoreline near Kaikoura after a boat capsized this morning.

Elisabeth Easther visits the South Island's sealife mecca.

Police are still trying to work out how an Auckland man died in his car near a popular surfing spot in the South Island.

The tight-knit community of Kaikoura is mourning the loss of a man whose body was believed to have been found in a burnt-out van near a popular surf beach.

A cattle truck driver killed when his truck and trailer rolled on SH1 north of Kaikoura has been named.

A 10-year-old girl has died after falling from the back of a ute driven by her best friend's father.