The family of a schoolgirl fighting for her life after falling under a truck has told the distraught driver not to 'beat himself up'.

An ex-policeman convicted over an accident which seriously injured two motorcyclists has been found guilty of driving a moped while disqualified.

The Department of Labour is investigating an abattoir after one man was attacked by a bull, and another fell into a pen in the space of 24 hours.

A New Zealand wine company has become the first in the world to declare its carbon footprint for each glass.

A surly swan is terrorising a stretch of Nelson's Maitai River - chasing kids, harassing a woman with a pram and having a hissy fit at a kayaker.

Making wine without chemicals and other processing techniques is slowly catching on here.

An attack on two firefighters was an isolated incident despite a rise in assaults on emergency workers, the Fire Service says.

A severe weather warning has been issued as heavy rain and gales are expected to hit areas across the country.

A volunteer firefighter was kicked in the head by drunken party goers when emergency services went to a false report of a car crash in the Marlborough Sounds this morning, say police.

A superloo with glass exterior walls was among 12 designs recognised last week as the winners of this year's New Zealand Architecture Awards from Nelson and Marlborough were announced.

Marlborough-based winemaker and mother-of-two Jules Taylor may well be on to something. Hers is a virtual brand with no assets.

We quiz some of New Zealand's best winemakers to find their tipples du jour.

Green MP Keith Locke is warning the Government the lawsuit it's bringing against the Waihopai spy base saboteurs may backfire.

The manufacturers of the Bombardier say yesterday's Blenheim incident was the third one of its kind worldwide in less than a week.

A plane with 46 passengers on board has crash landed at Woodburn airport near Blenheim tonight.

NIWA's latest seasonal outlook predicts temperatures in all regions are likely to be above average from October to December.