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.

Matt Eaton was hoping for something a bit tastier when he went fishing.

Two women were asleep when the man entered their Queenstown hotel room about 4.30am to steal cash

The group fighting to keep the Cadbury factory open has appealed to Dunedin residents to turn out in large numbers to a rally in the Octagon today.

On May 9, 2014, Kahu Vincent was continuously beaten and had his head stomped.

There is an effort to overturn the decision to allow American television presenter Matt Lauer to buy the Hunter Valley Station.

The group became rowdier and continued to use obscene language, directed at others.

New Zealand's mobile surgical bus has been making healthcare more accessible to rural communities for 15 years. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Rare cache of paintings by famous NZ painter Frances Hodgkins surface in England

A wild horse had to be killed after it was severely injured in an attack.

House built by polytechnic students shifted to new site.

A Dunedin shopkeeper fears she will witness another fatal crash.

Six per cent of New Zealand's yellow-eyed penguin's have been treated.

The woman's car was hit by a truck pulling out and she "somehow made a left-hand turn'' into the building.

Manapouri man had left for the Falls Dam area yesterday but failed to return.

Henry the wily rooster dodged a bullet yesterday and had his deadline extended.

The net is closing on an anonymous writer with a "poison pen" sending letters to residents of a small Otago town.

Preloading party-goers are causing the lion's share of trouble for police.

A cold change sweeping up the South Island this afternoon has seen temperatures drop by double digits in 10 minutes.

The Queenstown land was offered for sale by international tender in December.

A cruise ship passenger has been denied entry to New Zealand this week on "character grounds".

Helen Dickson was awarded New Zealand's second highest medal for bravery.