The first wave has reached the Chatham Islands, after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chile overnight. An official tsunami alert remains in place for New Zealand's entire east coast.

Firefighters are praying for rain to help them fully extinguish the huge fire near Dunedin. The cost to fight the blaze is now over $500,000.

A major fire near Dunedin is continuing its destructive path through a large forestry plantation.

A massive fire northwest of Dunedin has so far razed 400 hectares of forest land and is so big in places firefighters can not get near it.

Mushfiqur Rahim’s 86 only delays the inevitable as NZ wrap up the series.

Summer has ground to a spectacular halt in a number of regions over the past week - is it going to get even worse?

Dunedin iD is set to get an international injection of colour with the arrival of guest designer Zandra Rhodes.

A short-sharp barrage of rain and hail pummelled Invercargill today leaving the city looking like a scene from mid-winter.

Fire crews are still dampening down hotspots after a bush fire destroyed one house and forced the evacuation of several others in Roxburgh overnight.

Revellers celebrating New Year and the start of a new decade in New Zealand behaved themselves last night.

A man was reportedly attacked with a running chainsaw while sitting on a lawn of a Dunedin house yesterday afternoon.

Police are looking for two men in connection with an assault on a Dunedin woman.