Search and rescue teams looking for a missing hunter near Balclutha have called in search dogs tonight.

A Central Otago man craving chocolate was so angry a vending machine failed to produce the goods, he turned to his Black and Decker grinder.

A speeding car crashed off a Dunedin motorway while its driver was fleeing from police tonight.

Syrian refugees sang and danced in the aisles of a train on an "awesome" trip across the Otago countryside yesterday.

A checkout supervisor was "shaking" as she put a winning Lotto ticket barcode to the scanner. The machine beeped and the screen read $13.36 million.

Floods and ice around New Zealand are hitting school holiday travel plans.

Named for a local tribe, a branch of the Waitaha people, and Ngati Mamoe.

Three inexperienced surfers are counting their lucky starfish after getting caught in a rip and being sucked out to sea yesterday.

One in three motorists will drive further to buy cheaper fuel, according to a nationwide survey of our service station habits.

Members of the Dunedin police force scaled the world's steepest street, Baldwin St, with the torch marking 75th anniversary of women in the police force

Nearly $60,000 was spent rescuing 38 people stranded after their 4WD vehicles became trapped in snow in Central Otago.

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Study shows that Aucklanders are most likely to have experienced road rage than any other city.

A Canadian wept as he was sentenced today for careless driving causing the death of an 81-year-old woman near Owaka.

Investigators seek cause of overnight blazes.

Dredging of shipping canal leads to explosive discovery.

Police are investigating a serious assault which took place on the corner of the Octagon and Princes Street in Dunedin at 1.45am on Sunday, June 12.

Jock Davies looks like any other sports-mad Kiwi kid, but behind his youthful grin is courage aplenty.

A firefighter rescued a woman from a tree in a flooded Otago river after a boating accident.

Amisfield is one of Queenstown's best-known wineries, and its bistro was started as a way to showcase and support its unique wine in 2005.

Alarm after tuberculosis-positive cow discovered at his farm.

A week of planning and two days of hard graft using a bulldozer was what it took to free 13 4WD vehicles stuck in the snow for a fortnight up the Old Man Range.

Owners were reported to be attempting to retrieve their snow-buried cars today, but no progress has been made.

Driving past the orchards, wineries and small agricultural towns of Otago brought to mind trips through California's Central Valley.

Seven people have been injured, three seriously, in a crash north of Makarora this afternoon.

Clothing hanging too close to an open fire is the likely cause of a house fire near Portobello on Monday night.

An Otago man who was blamed for a 72ha fire near Kurow this summer has yet to learn whether he will be forced to pay the more than $60,000 bill he received.

A group of four-wheel-drive enthusiasts trapped in snow in Central Otago planned on retrieving their vehicles with a bulldozer until authorities scuppered the scheme.

Police are hunting a driver who fled the scene after crashing through a give way sign in Otago early this morning.