Two UK honeymooners lost everything after their campervan was broken into in Auckland, but all they want back is their wedding photos.

Hundreds of Afghanis who fled their home country have become refugees again - this time from Christchurch.

Having led a lonely childhood, Lesley Pearse knows what it is to seek a better life. Now she is helping women to help others. She tells Stephen Jewell how.

You have a finite supply of customers. It makes sense to keep the ones you have.

An elderly Auckland man survived a Fiordland flood by sitting on a rock for almost two days as water lapped around him.

The remains dug up in Kingston, south of Queenstown, today were possibly those of a sheep, say police.

The Black Caps chase for victory in the third one-day cricket international against Pakistan limped to a failed 43-run defeat.

A fight during a ride-on lawn mower race at an A&P Show made it the 'best damn show' in years, a sponsor says.

A manager at a Wanaka mower and chainsaw shop saw red when his ride-on lawnmower was shunted by a bigger machine.

While you're slumming it this summer, others are living it up.

Liquor bans are in place and police numbers are being boosted in many of the traditional New Year's Eve hot spots.

A couple were forced to spend a 'tough' night out in the open after abandoning their boat in rough seas off southern Fiordland.

A climber is reported to have been killed and a paraglider has spinal injuries after accidents on two South Island mountains today.