It follows the opening of the quarantine-free transtasman bubble this morning.

Police seek information after walker run over by green sedan.

The sports commentator Iain Gallaway also known as the Voice of Carisbrook has died.

As the world paid tribute to Philip, there were two Kiwi touches at his final farewell.

Te Anau police officer faces long recovery after accident left him with severe burns.

Death of killer Dunedin doctor Venod Skantha has forced a review at correction facilities.

Peak national drunkenness: "One quarter" of some weekend ED patients are drunk.

Alerts were given at the right time, report finds, as contamination mystery drags on.

Man stole ammunition days before the second anniversary of Christchurch mosque attacks.

Amber-Rose Rush's family's relief as killer's appeal bid tossed out.

The judges went further to say they were satisfied Venod Skantha was guilty.

One woman's 91-year-old mother suffering with dementia is still waiting for a vaccine.

"Certainly, in the next few weeks, there is not a signal for above normal rainfall."

Eight parts of Isaac McCallum's brain were injured when his friend crashed his car.

The threats were allegedly over money owed and mentioned a firearm.

The Dunedin City Council draft 10-year plan does not include backing for the company.

Police were called to a supermarket car park after the sleeping driver was spotted.

The 34-year-old man was charged with discharging a firearm near a dwelling.

A try from an Otago club rugby game has stunned the internet, but was it legal?

Camera which aims to show boaties a safe passage has been installed but not yet activated.

The message couldn't be clearer: only one bunny's welcome in Otago at Easter.

Praise for surfers who continued CPR on the beach until rescue helicopter arrived.

Nine crews are returning to reassess the situation this morning.

Parts of the country are having a hot, but blustery, afternoon.

A second child remains in a serious condition after the boat flipped with five on board.

Boycee Karetu told the court he was holding on to the weapons for friends.

Crown argued preventive detention should be imposed; rapist sentenced to 15 years' jail.

"She was hit so many times she couldn't tell police even an approximate number of blows."

Neighbours of Josh Ioane's Dunedin party house say the revelry has been getting worse.

"We bent over backwards to help him," one creditor says.