Police and Fire Safety officers are investigating after a body was found in a burnt-out campervan in the South Island this morning.

A runaway truck rolled down a hill and fatally pinned a 62-year-old against another truck in a tragedy that has shocked a small community.

A 62-year-old Dunedin man has died in a "tragic accident" after being pinned between two trucks as he talked to their drivers this morning.

British American Tobacco (BAT) has denied claims it uses video-sharing website YouTube to market its products, as research released today from Otago University claimed.

A long-serving Otago police officer has been found guilty of perjury after lying about a car crash he was involved in.

Three bodies have been found and three crew are still missing after a NZ chartered trawler sank in the Southern Ocean with 51 crew on board.

A restaurant on a quiet stretch of the Waitaki Plains in North Otago has been voted New Zealand's best.

Lock Tom Donnelly admits a less-than-accurate display against Australia has sent the All Blacks back in front of their computer screens.

Two Salvation Army volunteers have been convicted of stealing groceries intended for the organisation's charity food bank.

A 22-year-old is charged with stealing an ambulance he had called for his friend, who had fractured his skull and vertebrae after falling 4m onto concrete.

The family of Sophie Elliott have no end in sight as a planned appeal by her killer, Clayton Weatherston, is delayed.