Just hours after being bailed, Liam Marsh came across a car with the keys left inside.

"It makes us yachties look bad when you get an idiot like that," club commodore says.

Oamaru has only received 31 per cent of its average rainfall this month.

The sun is forecast to shine for mothers this Sunday.

John Hellewell told Probation he no longer felt pity or sadness for the abused children.

Together, the pair apprehended the man, who was much taller than both of them.

But wait, there's more - a swing bridge, a hot tub, sauna and adult-sized swings.

Book about impacts of teen girl's gunpoint abduction in 1983 stirs concern 38 years on.

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

Last year saw a record number of overnight millionaires.

Family of the man who invented Pineapple Chunks want a national day in his honour.

She's Oamaru's first resident to wear a burka. She wants people to hear why she wears it.

The businesses' owner could be seen running towards the property.

After an evening drinking on the farm, four men set out in search of more firewood.

Luke Savigny, 25, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his 32-year-old passenger.

A new Netflix romance, The Royal Treatment, is due to start filming later this month.

In March, the flower heads will be harvested before the seeds are artificially dried.

'Boys get the priority', says McAuley High School principal Jan Waelen.

Sene Naoupu is urging Kiwis not to take the country's position for granted.

Police expect "a degree of mischief" but hope people make the right choices.

"I told my children and everyone started crying. We just couldn't believe it."

The winning ticket was purchased from New World Waitaki, in Oamaru, North Otago.

Places guaranteed to delight the young and the young at heart.

The Bay of Plenty is the area at greatest risk of hail storms this afternoon.

Mark Carruthers has pleaded guilty to assault with intent to injure and wilful damage.

The Badenhorst family is used to farm life, but farm shed life is a different story.

Horrified daughter looks on, believing her mother and pet would be killed.

The man was travelling under a railway overbridge in Oamaru when his car was crsuhed.

A truck has rolled onto its side while travelling under a railway overbridge in Oamaru.

What it's like to stay at an historic home transformed into a grand and luxurious hotel.