Angela Blackmoore was stabbed 39 times in 1995 as young son slept in next room.

With at least eight convictions for drink driving, Otago man lucky to escape jail.

Grim discovery after vehicle crashed into river.

Attendance shows south-to-north pattern: 90 per cent in deep south, 75 per cent in north.

Documentary maker on flight said lockdown-free NZ now has "real edge" for film industry.

New Zealand Transport Agency traffic volume data is out for the first day of level 2.

Cafes are open - but are customers returning?

Dawson Taiaroa caused havoc during alert level 4, a court has heard.

'It's just a bloody pigeon,' shooter's mother says. 'I don't care what you call it.'

Parents appear evenly split over whether to send their children back to school.

'It's one of those occupations people consider doing when they can't make ends meet.'

'Jailhouse lawyer' Arthur Taylor says lack of support a national problem.

A rescue helicopter will fly the man to hospital.

There were nearly 400,000 foreign nationals here temporarily soon after lockdown.

Family torn apart after son charged with brutal murder of his Kiwi mum and her husband.

Guard 'broken into a thousand pieces' after prison assault.

Wind, rain and mild temperatures today but frosty change coming.

It's going to be wet and windy.

He needed help with the gear shift and even asked the victim what kind of fuel it took.

Window of opportunity to head for home in Takapuna ran out quickly on Lou Farrand.

Dunedin Airport will be unable to return to normal in the foreseeable future.

Just 14 active cases in region compared with 101 a few weeks ago.

Officer punched unconscious from behind and then punched a further 20 times.

A Dunedin man will have to wait another three weeks to be sentenced.

Victoria, Auckland and Otago universities are charging students fees to hold their rooms.

How a community banded together to give a visiting couple a very different dream wedding.

Queenstown is facing a new wave of rental challenges.

High-security Dunedin laboratory the only one in the country already growing the virus.