Matakauri Lodge offers royal treatment in a laidback setting, writes Michele Hewitson.

Police have named a Sydney woman who died after falling over 400 metres down a slippery ice face in the Fiordland National Park. She had planned to celebrate her 39th birthday. It was left to rescuers to tell the woman's husband of her fate

An Aussie man who fell 40m down a slippery ice face with his wife while climbing in the Fiordland National Park....

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.