"I just thought I was having fun. I didn't realise it was a criminal offence."

Dunedin murderer George Charles Trounson will be released on parole for the seventh time.

Researcher says new evidence discredits police informer

Convicted wife killer Colin Bouwer has been deported to his native South Africa.

A stoush between Crimson Consulting and its former employee has been settled in secret.

A witness saw about 12 police, four police cars and a van near the address.

NZ has attracted international praise for passing the strict criteria.

The man was left knocked unconscious and with a broken leg after the attack.

Judge Crosbie informed them the defendant had previous similar convictions.

A man who did a 'dumb thing' by robbing his place of work has been shown some leniency.

A group of Dunedin men witnessed the horror and panic following the Las Vegas massacre.

Researchers seek causes of decline in teens' risky behaviours

There was an incident with a knife, new babies and shades of Harry Potter for our new MPs.

The woman is the last of four complainants to give evidence against an Otago man.

Hundreds of students gathered in the backyard of the flat near and cheered on the antics.

A woman has described to a jury her childhood ordeal of watching her friend being raped.

Fears that spontaneous mountainside collapse would kill hut occupants

Otago man allegedly lured 4 young girls into his bed and sexually abused them in sequence.

the request for the 48-hour temporary liquor ban had come from the police.

Woman rescued from Ben Lomond after her husband tracked her location with his smartphone.

One incident involved the man asking a 17-year-old girl if she wanted a ride.

Stephen Lowe's wife calls for help with a private search after her husband goes missing.

Could we breed better bees? That's the goal of a new $6.3m genetic study.

Stephen Lowe popped out of work one Friday morning for two minutes, but never returned.

Neighbours made brave attempts to enter fiery home in hope of saving the occupant.

Dunedin woman due to be sentenced turned up so drunk she could barely stand.

The blaze at a house was "well involved" when crews arrived.

MPI has completed more than 20,000 tests for the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis.

Anna Guenther, CEO of crowdfunding platform PledgeMe, talks about its Australian plans.

Former journalist and current affairs host David Beatson dies