The Gulfstream jet had blocked credentials when it landed in Wellington last night.

Australian policeman suffered a serious head injury after falling from a wall in Dunedin.

A man is in hospital with a suspected skull fracture after an assault in Queenstown.

Spying network Five Eyes is understood to be starting a week-long conference today.

A truck and trailer unit has gone off the road, north of Dunedin.

Members of the public with any information are being urged to come forward.

Pensioner's sick dog allowed to stay after Government's medical care u-turn.

'What am I going to buy from someone who's destroyed a big part of my life?'

She has applied for 30 houses and has been sleeping in her car after lease didn't renew.

Mum's anger as 16yo put in hotel instead of residential care.

Police are appealing to the public after a series of suspicious fires in Dunedin.

Kiwi man was victim of a "sophisticated" harassment which lasted two and a-half years.

Sales in Queenstown's newest subdivision were running hot.

Policeman relays nightmare stories of car crashes ending in tragedy because of speeding.

A ceremony for law and science student, 17, comes after he was found dead at City College.

"Major" mistakes in the operation to rescue man whose boat was engulfed by flames.

The weather is looking calmer at last as New Zealanders head back to work after Easter

NASA has again postponed the Wanaka launch of a huge balloon planned to study "near space"

Showers are likely for much of the North Island today, according to the MetService.

The death of an 18-year-old man at a Dunedin flat is not considered suspicious.

Police were called to a Dunedin address this afternoon after a body was discovered.

Woman led "premeditated, persistent, vile barrage and attack" against businessman's wife.

Central Otago's rabbits are under attack, as hundreds of shooters head for the hills.

Most of our holidays were spent camping.

Mozzarella production will double to meet global export demands.

The University of Otago's human nutrition department is the latest in the firing line.

Here are the latest weather updates, region by region as Cyclone Cook bears down.

Volume and intensity of rain is expected to cause flooding issues throughout Dunedin.

Residents should clear gutters and drains as up to 15mm of rain could fall in an hour.

Fund meant to be split between three final recipients, but payment hasn't been made.