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

An Oamaru teenager is claiming he acted in self defence when he fatally stabbed another teen last year.

The Easter holiday road toll stands at five after a single-vehicle crash in Taranaki last night.

The Easter holiday road toll now stands at three after a 19-year-old man was killed in a crash in Otago this morning. The two occupants had to be cut from the vehicle and one man died at the scene.

A crash involving a truck and a car has downed power lines on State Highway 1 in south Canterbury.

Police have named one of two men who died in a horrific crash near Oamaru in north Otago this morning.

A man is dead and another is in a critical condition after a horrific crash north of Palmerston, Otago, this morning.

In what could be a first for NZ, a council is looking to sell subsidised cloth nappies from its front desk.

Oamaru's red waterfront sheds have a story to tell, writes Don Donovan.

A man who allegedly ordered a taxi as a getaway car after abandoning a stolen vehicle in a police pursuit will appear in Dunedin District Court today.