Close contacts of an Otago Polytechnic student who died at the weekend from meningitis have been offered antibiotics to reduce their risk of catching the disease.

Footage of a kiwi apparently "dancing" around a feeder has been posted online by staff at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary, near Dunedin.

A young motorcyclist who police say died after colliding with a Chinese driver's vehicle in Otago on Saturday will donate organs to seven different people.

The motorcyclist who died after a crash in East Otago was a talented and award-winning Dunedin photographer.

A motorcyclist who died after colliding with a car in Otago on Saturday has been named.

The person who brutally assaulted a Dunedin pensioner is still at large and she is asking why police let the case go cold so quickly.

Joanna Hunkin lives the champagne lifestyle in Queenstown during a weekend loaded with luxury.

A motorcyclist was critically injured in a crash with a car in Otago this afternoon.

Watch: More than 30 firefighters are attempting to put out a chimney fire at the Jack's Point Golf Course clubhouse, near Queenstown, this morning.

The operator of a new low-rise development joined to a historic hotel predicts it will command New Zealand's most expensive new hotel room rate at $10,000 a night.

A Wanaka man has been charged with ill-treating an animal after a cat was shot.

A police officer cleared of repeatedly punching a teenager has laid a complaint with the IPCA.

Persistence paid off for an Otago man during the weekend, who won $333,333 using the same Lotto numbers he's been playing for almost 30 years.

A heavy snow warning is in place for parts of the country and some main roads have closed.

Complaint to Conservation Minister says Fish and Game New Zealand has opposed a project in order to protect its own commercial interests.

The smile on Poppy McConville's face said it all. It was because she had been able to compete alongside her fellow pupils in the annual race.

Make sure you wrap up warm for the next few weeks - frigid temperatures are set to make August the coldest month of the year.

Ninetieth birthdays are worth celebrating in anyone's book. But what do you do if you have no family in Dunedin to celebrate it with?

Singer/songwriter Anna van Riel pens an ode to her favourite spot.

Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull is vowing to defend a $500,000 defamation claim, after being served with legal papers while walking down the street yesterday.

A hunter who got lost and spent two nights in freezing conditions in the Blue Mountains has vowed to return to the area for some unfinished business.

The hunter missing in Blue Mountains of South Otago has been found.

Debris from a rock fall at the Devil's Staircase, near Queenstown, has blocked off part of the road.

Search and rescue teams looking for a missing hunter near Balclutha have called in search dogs tonight.

A Central Otago man craving chocolate was so angry a vending machine failed to produce the goods, he turned to his Black and Decker grinder.

A speeding car crashed off a Dunedin motorway while its driver was fleeing from police tonight.

Syrian refugees sang and danced in the aisles of a train on an "awesome" trip across the Otago countryside yesterday.

A checkout supervisor was "shaking" as she put a winning Lotto ticket barcode to the scanner. The machine beeped and the screen read $13.36 million.

Floods and ice around New Zealand are hitting school holiday travel plans.

Named for a local tribe, a branch of the Waitaha people, and Ngati Mamoe.