Conservationists have fiercely opposed the move.

Vietnamese school pupil who fell in love with rugby will hold the flag at final ABs test.

Gordon Pepper, Annette Bouwer - some of the victims of murder by poisoning

Inmate responsible for string of violent outbursts against authority has struck again.

Meteor sighting get people in South Island buzzing.

Drug and drink binge led to aggravated assault and a jail term.

The underage user booked a Dunedin property for a party.

Shame or stigma means people don't always report abuse happening within their family.

People using bores in the Lower Waitaki plains area are advised not to drink the water.

Fire engine crashed, brigade man's skull fatally crushed after malicious false alarm.

Effectiveness of K5 virus in killing rabbits has failed to impress Federated Farmers.

Locally produced pork is fighting Lotto tickets, imports and holidays to get on the plate.

Allegations came following a children's match in Dunedin. Football South to look into it.

A man has been killed in a crash on a farm in the Waitaki district, Otago.

The initiative is aimed at high-risk offenders to give them access to intensive therapy.

Matt Lauer in 2016 convinced officials he was a suitable owner of Hunter Valley Station.

Statistics show more and more Māori and Pasifika students training to become doctors.

Some parts of the city could resemble New York, Edinburgh or even Thailand.

Sam Duffy was jailed in 2013 for indecent assault, sexual violation of two girls under 10.

Let's talk about the wine and the view, says Jesse Mulligan, from his oversized bath.

Bluff man had millions of oysters removed after outbreak of deadly parasite.

Living in a fridge? For Euan Baxter it has been his normal winter life for 30 years.

Otago town Ranfurly takes week's record for coldest place at -9.1C.

The man's lewd escapade on a Dunedin beach led to a brief police search this morning.

Bunnings has stopped selling a panel heater and the supplier has issued a recall.

Police are treating the death of a man found on Brighton Beach as unexplained.

Northeasterlies and rain spread down North Island during long weekend.

Missing girl could be anywhere in lower South Island, say police.

Man who took hammer to a fight at Dunedin boarding house ended up in worse condition.

Victim sustained two black eyes, but what happened after fight was very unexpected.