Whanganui Hospital has huge challenge to improve its ranking by junior doctors.

Police confirm there were no survivors in a helicopter crash in Wanaka today.

Don't worry, it all ended well.

Staff sprang into action when a car caught ablaze on the forecourt of a service station.

Shoppers eagerly awaiting the delayed opening can fill their trolleys tomorrow.

Making 1330 calls despite protection order costs man extra nine months behind bars.

The man was rescued by helicopter, taken to hospital, but later died from his injuries.

Overseas teacher recruitment goes into overdrive.

Chefs, including Peter Gordon and Al Brown, fuel up before charity event.

Wintry blast brings rain and snow to a low as 200 metres in places.

Firing an employee after she wrongfully took a $1 bag of chips will cost a rest home $19k.

Gang kingpin jailed for robbery, but judge gives him a pat on the back for something else.

It is thought the man was pulled from the sea by a member of the public.

The development will showcase the durability of a new eco-friendly radiata pine product.

Offending forced girl and her family to move out of their home.

Chef described by lawyer as mild-mannered and hard-working, blames alcohol for offending.

Yesterday was stunning, but it's going to be a changeable start to the week.

The Mosgiel man had found his aunt dead in the house five months earlier.

The Givealittle page has already raised $51,509 since it was set up on Wednesday.

'We always try to give them a warning at first,' says rental car company.

The Givealittle page for Scott Tomlinson has so far raised $38,000

Surfer filmed taunting and throwing an object at a group of sea lions.

Visitors to a Dunedin beach are getting too close to protected sea lions.

Death of Nadine Tomlinson and her son, Angus, was community's worst nightmare, locals say.

"It is the worst nightmare," a local said of the death of Nadine and Angus Tomlinson.

The mother and son killed in a North Otago tractor accident have been named.

The Otago president says its time for another look at children and farm machinery.

Radar to track small satellites and space debris is the first in the Southern Hemisphere.

North Islanders can expect a dry Sunday and wet Monday.For the South Island, the reverse.

Meet the sustainable shoppers.