A job to walk fat penguins got New Zealanders in a flap - too bad it was all a prank.

A blaze in Dunedin has been brought under control by firefighters.

Up to 3600 students were out in force at the event.

A deadly start to the day as three die in serious smashes on southern roads.

Research showed there was likely to have been a significant effect on memory.

Murder accused Troy Taylor testifies to deny murdering baby Ihaka Stokes

Lee was sentenced to four months' home detention and ordered to pay reparation.

Many Kiwi women can't correctly pinpoint their fertile window, a new study suggests.

Most sat and stared blankly at the obstacles or hid in the cat tunnel.

Police have confirmed the two men who died are believed to be tourists from Germany.

The person has been taken to hospital after crashing on Crown Range, near Queenstown.

First chartered flight from Dunedin to these lights has delivered spectacular results.

His blood alcohol level was the highest the judge had seen in all his time on the bar.

Sir Paul Beresford was in the Palace of Westminster when the deadly rampage began outside.

A car and a bus carrying 16 tourists collided on the Te Anau-Milford Highway.

Police don't know how many people were in car that caught fire after tourist-bus crash.

The identity of the perpetrator who poisoned hundreds of roses in a Dunedin cemetery looks set to remain a mystery.

NZ's economic growth is "approaching its environmental limits", a once-a-decade environmental report card says.

A Frenchwoman has been given a verbal warning by police.

The Crown says a government employee accused of stalking a businessman for two and a-half years was clever covering his tracks but one small piece of paper gave him away.

A major shake-up of senior management at Otago Polytechnic has cost it $200,000 in severance payments.

Hurling racial abuse at a man for talking in Japanese during his dinner with his family was not enough for two North Otago brothers.

Autumn's cooler temperatures starting to settle in - but sunshine continues.

State Highway 6 is down to one lane in the Kawarau Gorge after a crash.

30-year-old jailed for at least four years for city attack - and subsequent indecent assaults on two former flatmates.

Photos found on computer showed a 'warped interest', court hears.

A university student is juggling a law degree while remaining technically homeless as she bounces from flat to flat, raising money for a scholarship fund.

Police said today they were aware of footage of a woman who defecated in the gutter in a Dunedin street and inquiries were continuing.

Tourist charged with threatening to kill girlfriend.

Footage has emerged of a woman going to the toilet in a gutter in a Dunedin street.