
Body of 22-year-old tramper found
The body of a 22-year-old tramper who was swept away on the Milford Track has been found.
The body of a 22-year-old tramper who was swept away on the Milford Track has been found.
"My teeth were broken, blood came out of my mouth and Jessica was gone." A backpacker has described being unable to save a woman swept away on Milford Track.
Police did not coerce Joyce Conwell to confess to the shotgun murder of Alec Rodgers in Christchurch in 1999, the Independent Police Conduct Authority has ruled.
Aviation website privatefly.com has named its top 10 scenic airports at which to land. Our very own winter wonderland Queenstown gets a mention.
Police had to be called after an Ashmore presented its owner with a 5g bag of cannabis.
A ''feral'' student party in Stafford St in Dunedin yesterday was shut down by police, amid concerns for the safety of intoxicated people climbing on the outside of a three-storey flat.
No matter what the weather's doing, Pamela Wade finds entertainment in Southland and Central Otago.
The parents of the German teenagers presumed drowned in Foveaux Strait are returning home and say they know they are leaving their daughters behind.
Two Dunedin gangs - once at war - have come together to ask Dunedin's council to give them a contract mowing the city's grass.
It's no wonder people rave about the beauty of this place, writes Elisabeth Easther.
Three Otago Correction Facility officers were assaulted by an inmate yesterday morning.
What do you do when forced to spend the night in the freezing cold on an Otago mountain? Snuggle up to your smelly - but warm -sheep dogs of course.
Flood-ravaged Christchurch is under deluge again today, with 50mm falling in the past 24 hours, heavier than was forecasted.
A 47-year-old man has been taken to hospital following an incident at a rural property in Central Otago involving cyanide.
Links with the past are strong in this town built on gold, writes Elisabeth Easther.
A Wanaka police officer was left bloodied and bruised after being attacked inside his patrol car yesterday - six years after being seriously injured in a similar drink-drive stop.
A yoga retreat in Queenstown with laughs and wine, suits Rebecca Barry Hill just fine.
Meeting a royal has meant a few extra lessons for a group of young students in Central Otago.
A transgender Oamaru woman sentenced on Wednesday to nine months' imprisonment in a men's jail could apply to be moved to a women's prison.
The tragic deaths of two children shot by their father could have been prevented if NZ and Australian police shared information on earlier criminal convictions.
A transgender Oamaru woman has been ordered to serve a jail sentence in a men's prison, despite a request for home detention.
A man injured in a fall at Speight's Brewery earlier this week has died.
There were tears at a Dunedin private school yesterday as principal Melissa Bell, who last year recovered from aggressive breast cancer, announced her resignation.
Cyclists burn gourmet calories on a pedal into heavenly countryside, writes Pamela Wade.