Farmers in Central Otago hope a new method of biological control will give them some respite from the rabbit problem.

Tropical downpours are drenching the north of the North Island as thunderstorms loom over Northland, Auckland and Waikato.

Two kayakers have been rescued after a scary encounter with sea lions left them trapped on the rocks.

Most workers declined to comment after being told not to speak to media, but a few made their feelings known after the 10am meeting.

The owner of the Cadbury factory in Dunedin has announced a proposal to end operations in 2018, with 350 people facing redundancies.

Bernard Gendron remains in an induced coma in Dunedin Hospital, but his family, who have arrived from Canada, have seen encouraging signs.

A Cromwell man has been jailed 15 months for the death of his friend who fell from a quad bike last September.

Inexperience and errors in judgement caused the death of 12-year-old Jack Martin after a boating accident on the Blue Lake at St Bathans

Police are calling for witnesses to a vicious assault at Dunedin International Airport early last Friday morning.

Police are investigating the ''moronic'' actions of a person who tied fishing line at head height across a Queenstown track.

New Zealand is now experiencing the worst of the fire season, a top officer says, with a dangerous combination of high temperatures and low relative humidity creating tinder-dry conditions across eastern hot-spots.

A woman who died after a head-on collision in Queenstown has been named. She was Susan Maree Cullen, a 49-year-old Australian national. The

A Canadian cruise ship passenger and "self-made man'' was in Dunedin for the day when he was knocked from his bicycle in front of his shocked wife and began a battle for his life.

A woman who survived a crash into Lake Wakatipu was initially trapped in her vehicle, police say.

One person had died and three are seriously injured after a crash at Arrow Junction near the Crown Range turnoff.

Heavy rain and hail hit Dunedin this afternoon, causing the evacuation of the public library and flooding to some buildings.

NASA is heading back to Wanaka to launch its super balloons which orbit the globe performing scientific monitoring.

NASA has confirmed it will return to Wanaka to launch it's super-pressure balloon which will see the 18.8 million cubic foot balloon

Weary passengers forced to wait even longer after plane to Auckland is delayed yet again.

An Otago prison's been put in lockdown after three staff were assaulted by three inmates.

Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon and talk show queen Oprah Winfrey are headed to New Zealand.

A woman was injured after the car she was driving hit a parked car and then "burst into the lounge'' of a Dunedin house today.

A cyclist sustained a serious head injury after being hit by a campervan in Dunedin today. A St John spokesman said an ambulance

A garage owner has defended displaying the Confederate flag after a Dunedin woman took to social media to register her shock at seeing it.

Investigators will interview 'relevant people' after yesterday's explosion that killed a crewman on board cruise ship.

A passenger aboard a cruise ship on which a crew member died has recounted the harrowing scenes which followed the incident. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT.

A drug user went to the police after swapping his car for rock salt.

Inflatable vessels were being reinflated when a gas cylinder exploded, killing one.

Lifting your intake of fruit and vegetables can make a difference to the way you feel in just a couple of weeks, a University of Otago study has found.

Kiwi conflict resolution experts have slammed the country's "dangerous double standard" on the Israel-Palestine problem.