New Zealand's road to the 2012 London Olympic begins in Adelaide this weekend at the Oceania track championships.

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

A woman whose family was terrorised by two drunken sailors says she does not want to see the men thrown out of the New Zealand Navy.

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.

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

A Nelson teenager has been arrested over a vicious attack in which a man was left for seven hours in a pool of his own blood.

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.