A cold southerly is set to dump more snow on the Desert Road and bring a chill to much of the country.

On Monday, a US tourist was overjoyed when his girlfriend accepted his marriage proposal, the next day she died swimming in the Sounds.

An American tourist dies during a Dolphin Watch EcoTours trip in the Marlborough Sounds this morning.

Lovers of pinot noir are probably the most obsessive, evangelical wine buffs on the planet.

A large water rat attacked a woman as she lay in her bed, after she had mistaken the animal for her three-legged cat.