Bernard Gendron remains in an induced coma in Dunedin Hospital, but his family, who have arrived from Canada, have seen encouraging signs.

A Cromwell man has been jailed 15 months for the death of his friend who fell from a quad bike last September.

Inexperience and errors in judgement caused the death of 12-year-old Jack Martin after a boating accident on the Blue Lake at St Bathans

Police are calling for witnesses to a vicious assault at Dunedin International Airport early last Friday morning.

Spending 48 hours in a scenic town with a head cold isn't so bad, Susan Strongman reports.

A campervan driver will appear in court next week accused of causing a severe brain injury to a Canadian tourist.

Police are investigating the ''moronic'' actions of a person who tied fishing line at head height across a Queenstown track.

New Zealand is now experiencing the worst of the fire season, a top officer says, with a dangerous combination of high temperatures and low relative humidity creating tinder-dry conditions across eastern hot-spots.

A woman who died after a head-on collision in Queenstown has been named. She was Susan Maree Cullen, a 49-year-old Australian national. The

One person had died and three are seriously injured after a crash at Arrow Junction near the Crown Range turnoff.

Heavy rain and hail hit Dunedin this afternoon, causing the evacuation of the public library and flooding to some buildings.

NASA is heading back to Wanaka to launch its super balloons which orbit the globe performing scientific monitoring.

NASA has confirmed it will return to Wanaka to launch it's super-pressure balloon which will see the 18.8 million cubic foot balloon

A home in Luggate was well ablaze by the time firefighters arrived at the property.

Prominent Kiwis have banded together to demand an independent inquiry into the claims of sexual and physical abuse of children in state care.

Weary passengers forced to wait even longer after plane to Auckland is delayed yet again.

An Otago prison's been put in lockdown after three staff were assaulted by three inmates.

Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon and talk show queen Oprah Winfrey are headed to New Zealand.

A garage owner has defended displaying the Confederate flag after a Dunedin woman took to social media to register her shock at seeing it.

Investigators will interview 'relevant people' after yesterday's explosion that killed a crewman on board cruise ship.

A passenger aboard a cruise ship on which a crew member died has recounted the harrowing scenes which followed the incident. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT.

A drug user went to the police after swapping his car for rock salt.

Inflatable vessels were being reinflated when a gas cylinder exploded, killing one.

Lifting your intake of fruit and vegetables can make a difference to the way you feel in just a couple of weeks, a University of Otago study has found.

Kiwi conflict resolution experts have slammed the country's "dangerous double standard" on the Israel-Palestine problem.

An ambulance and rescue helicopter are on their way to the isolated scene.

A quick check of the MyLotto app on Sunday reveals the life of a young Central Otago couple is about to change.

A man who denies indecently assaulting a girl during a school holiday programme can be named today.

AJ Hackett Bungy staff have won praise from police and their boss for their response to a serious road crash outside the company's Queenstown operation.

The sun has come out to play and is here to stay, with a scorcher of a long weekend across the country.