Midwives have complained that a lack of safe transfers from Central Otago and Queenstown to main centres is putting "women and babies at risk".

The weather's going to be (finally) glorious for most of the country.

A high-tech tobacco product launched in New Zealand by Philip Morris is illegal, the Ministry of Health says.

A Dunedin mother took her two sons on a family outing with a difference - to commit a burglary.

A man found out about an arsenal of weapons in a Dunedin house after his co-defendant's girlfriend had been there 'in relation to work'.

Wayne Boss' fireworks injury, which may have robbed him of sight in his right eye, has given him a ''new perspective'' on life.

While the eastern region swelters in one of the most rain-deprived Januaries in more than a century, some western areas have been drenched.

Albatross chick has lost weight after being found riddled with maggots.

A transgender man has admitted violating another man while he was walking home after a night out.

A light plane has crashed at Dunedin airport.

A Mosgiel woman swindled her ailing father and intellectually disabled brother out of $65,000 while she was supposed to be caring

Katie Burt's ex-partner was jailed for his chilling threats against her. Now her parents are haunted by her death. Rob Kidd reports.

Southern Lakes Helicopters were called to the incident near Te Anau at 6.10pm.

Dozens of teachers were disciplined or struck off last year for sexual, inappropriate or aggressive behaviour towards students.

The Otago Regional Council's very existence is on the line as the Dunedin City Council considers the merits of a unitary council for the city.

A man claiming to have been kidnapped by a judge kicked down his cell door before police pepper-sprayed him.

The victim collapsed in a pool of his own blood and was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition where surgeons worked to save his limb.

Astonishing link uncovered between Kiwi soldier who died in Gallipoli and bloodied Turkish family heirloom.

The pair, who have had troubled upbringings, have been ordered to stay away from each other for two years.

Glass bottled, pasteurised full-cream milk "straight from the vat" is making a comeback.

A tree has fallen and power lines are down on Queenstown-Glenorchy Rd, leaving the road blocked in both directions.

A 2am Tinder rendezvous has led to a Dunedin woman being jailed on harassment charges, a court has heard.

A small Southland town has been completely cut off after this weekend's wild weather.

A BP 2Go service station owner has blamed cigarette tax hikes for an increasing number of burglaries and ram-raids on service stations around Dunedin.

A Central Otago man who sexually abused two female relatives for more than seven years, bribing them with lollies, has been jailed for nearly eight years.

The Omarama farmer whose pivot irrigators' tyres were slashed at the weekend says he remains hopeful the culprit will be caught. The

Clues left by an anonymous benefactor had hundreds of people searching for cash hidden in a secret Dunedin location.

A woman who accused her ex-girlfriend of attacking her might end up in the dock herself after admitting she lied to police.

Police are investigating an attack on three pivot irrigators near Omarama.

Two off-duty life-savers jumped in Otago Harbour after coming across sunken ute