David Bain will have to meet an "extraordinary circumstances" test in his bid for compensation for wrongful conviction.

A shocked Dunedin mother who claimed her Lotto Powerball prize today is used to the winning feeling.

Paralympic gold medallist Adam Hall and his family say they are "basically coping one hour at a time" after the shock death of his mother.

Paralympic gold medallist Adam Hall and his family are in the "depths of despair" his mother died in a car crash.

Mother of Paralympian Adam Hall, who last month won a gold medal for NZ, killed in accident.

An art historian's essays on McCahon are painstakingly researched, beautifully written and engaging.

MetService has issued a weather warning for the lower South Island as winds threaten to hit 100km/h in an early winter storm.

Zoe Walker reports from the Emerging Designer Awards at Dunedin iD 2010.