Skydiver's family are prepared for the reality they might not be able to take him home.

A person has died in a crash in Alexandra.

Queenstown Lakes District Council staff had pick up human waste left by freedom campers.

Police hold blessing for missing American Tyler Nii after skydiving tragedy.

Impaled man sent to Dunedin Hospital with serious injuries

Nigel Patrick Beck was killed when his truck rolled at Beaumont yesterday morning.

Release granted subject to strict conditions, including curfew and electronic monitoring.

National touch player Mackenzie Haugh has been disqualified from driving indefinitely.

A South Island town in the middle of a 244km reception black spot are desperate for help.

Missing skydiver Tyler Nii's mother says they are praying they can bring him home.

Four seasons in one country - heat, thunderstorms and rain on way.

Deaths of guide and his four clients in 1980 led to building of a new hut beside glacier.

People getting too close to blue penguins in Oamaru could be charged under Wildlife Act.

The man who rescued a skydiver who plunged into Lake Wakatipu shares his account of events

Uh-oh. Higher than normal rainfall forecast for most of the country in the next two weeks.

NZONE director dismissed a parachute malfunction as the potential cause of the crash.

More than 20 rescue vessels scoured Lake Wakatipu in vain hunt for skydiver.

Auckland hunting back-to-back national U15 Girls cricket titles in Whanganui

This week we are publishing the full Amber-Lee Cruickshank case podcast transcript.

This week we are publishing the full Amber-Lee Cruickshank case podcast transcript.

There will be showers for most of the country next week; no severe weather is forecast.

The driver of a car which hit a tree is in a serious condition.

New life together like a "never-ending rocket in space", Married at First Sight star says.

"You wonder if it's just idiots with guns for Christmas".

Police looking into reports of sheep and cattle being shot dead on Otago farms.

Sheep and cattle shot and left for dead.

About 200 people have fallen ill after a significant gastro outbreak on a cruise ship.

Tourist blames too many cherries for alleged dangerous overtaking move.

A brick church and water tower linked to an old psychiatric hospital also made the list.

Japanese doctor accused of causing Boxing Day crash in Lindis Pass is allowed to fly home.