Grab the wet weather gear as rain is on its way, and high winds are set to hit.

Fault line could cause an earthquake as destructive as 2010's Canterbury quake.

The car weaved among traffic on a Dunedin motorway with police in pursuit.

Frenchwoman bitten three times by shark while bodyboarding in the Catlins.

Darren Mills hasn't been surfing since he fought off a shark at Curio Bay in 2014.

A woman bodyboarding off the Catlins coast received a moderate-sized bite from a shark.

The woman is said to have moderate injuries after the attack.

Low-decile schools are slowest to join new a scheme that funds extra teachers

One of the closest active faults to Dunedin is not giving up its secrets easily.

A new study says international students are an "untapped opportunity" for NZ regions.

The search for a local manufacturer to make ''iconic'' Cadbury sweets is still on.

A Swanndri, gumboots, 72 cheese rolls and "a large quantity'' of home-kill meat stolen.

A site on the flanks of the Remarkables is for sale - for less than $2 million.

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.

'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.

Man thought he would be executed by government employee, in similar fashion to Scott Guy.

Tree hut has one of the best views in Queenstown, cheap rent - but no permission.

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