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.

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.

WATCH: Dashcam footage shows a Coromandel road turn into a river after rain lashed much of the country over the weekend closing roads.

New Zealand wool prices generally advanced at the country's latest weekly auction, which featured the greatest number of bales on

A Lord of the Rings sightseeing flight crashed, killing the pilot, after he flew low to clear livestock from the airstrip.

Come November 5, more than 9000 people will head to the domain to watch, take part and enjoy the The Hororata Highland Games - the largest in NZ.

About 100 farmers in Otago and Southland were forced to dump milk over the weekend in the aftermath of the milk silo collapse at Fonterra's Edendale site.

Property values in one former gold mining town have hit the roof.

The 2012km tractor expedition, to help raise $1 million to save Sir Edmund Hillary's hut in Antarctica prepares to cross Cook Strait tomorrow.

Up to three dead cows have mysteriously washed up on a Dunedin beach this weekend.

Sherlock and Berlin are four and eight year-old chocolate labradors. They are two of more than 4600 labradors in the city, the most popular dog breed this year.

Fire has destroyed a farming dealership in Invercargill overnight, where crews faced both roaring heat and freezing weather to save surrounding businesses.

Kaitangata, the small NZ town with big international interest, has been forced to halt its cheap property offers.