Summer will be well and truly here this week with temperatures expected to soar to 29C in some parts.

Animal control officers were alerted to a "large, rogue goat" that was reported disrupting traffic in Oamaru.

Compared to other fibres, yak wool is more sustainable because yaks aren't farmed specifically for wool.

Longer freight routes between the islands and through the northern South Island have prompted freight company Toll NZ to hike its rates.

A moderate earthquake has rattled the top of the South Island, 25km south east of Seddon.

Sticky, humid weather awaits the country this summer as a weak La Nina brings muggy weather particularly in northern areas.

First there were "quake cows", now a lamb has been plucked to safety in Canterbury.

Emergency supplies have finally landed in a cut-off community just 22km north of Kaikoura.

This could be the perfect postcard of rural New Zealand ... but this rural idyll has become the Ground Zero of Monday's mammoth magnitude-7.8 earthquake.

The changes to the freight routes in and out of Canterbury have seen an 18 per cent increase in cost.

LIVE BLOG: US warship on its way to Kaikoura as aftershocks continue to shake the North Canterbury region.

Mid Canterbury farmers are on standby to take dairy cows from quake-affected North Canterbury dairy farmers.

Three cows left standing on an island of land have drawn international attention.

Heavy rain and wind is forecast to batter the upper South Island and lower North Island this afternoon.

Reports of damage are emerging and tsunami waves are starting to hit the east coast of New Zealand following a series of strong earthquakes around the country.

It's beginning to feel like summer in some parts of the country, with pohutukawa bursting into bloom. "People have been getting a

The United States and Canada were New Zealand's biggest foreign investors over the last three years.

It was a wild day of weather for the upper North Island yesterday, but what will today bring?

Farming entrepreneur Colin Harvey has put his 6,639-hectare Lake McKay Station up for sale.

A weather balloon with cameras attached has captured a stunning view of Central Otago from the sky.

It should be a fine Labour weekend for most Kiwis, with a high set to arrive on Saturday.

A dog attacked his hens so this man used the closest thing to hand when he took his anger out on the dog owner.

A 13-and-a-half-year-old golden retriever has clocked up a whopping 700,000km over the years.

Heavy snow has fallen across parts of the South Island cutting power and bringing down trees.

A new Queenstown house has become a local curiosity.

Heavy rain is set to drench southern parts of the South Island. Westland, south of the glaciers, is expecting peak rainfalls up

Police are investigating after a milk tanker ran off the road in North Otago, killing the driver.

This will be a good weekend to check out the museum or cuddle up with a book as heavy showers and thunderstorms are forecast for parts of the country.

Shareholders have approved the second stage of a major South Canterbury irrigation scheme.

We will find you and we will kill you - that is the message the Otago Regional Council is set to issue today to Bennett's wallabies that enter Otago.