Sandbags are going up in Wanaka.

Forty-five bags of faeces stashed under tree on Otago Central Rail Trail.

Firefighters were called to a blaze at the 156-year-old hotel about 1am today.

His name began appearing on court documents months before the murder of Amber-Rose.

Guru featured in Netflix doco 'propositioned' women referred to him from New Zealand.

Temperatures set to soar on Wednesday.

Carbon monoxide tragedy: A mother's anguish.

Police have retrieved two firearms after reports in Port Chalmers this afternoon.

Truck left teetering near waters edge after driver suffers a broken leg.

We piece together the timeline from 92 witnesses who gave evidence at the High Court.

The 16-year-old was found in her bed with her throat slashed at her Corstorphine home.

The weather is set to be fine all week, with a slight blip on Wednesday settling by Friday

Dean Buchanan discovers a secret little bar down an Arrowtown alley.

It is the time of year when the honey bees are swarming across thyme-covered slopes.

Two men who went to great lengths to rip off travelling buskers were confronted.

The fire initially threatened property but 13 crews and 3 helicopters battled the blaze.

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issues for Christchurch City.

Hamilton school refuses to let girls wear culottes.

Miss Pascoe was trying to calm her newborn down in one arm and shop with the other.

'She said she thought she may have been drugged,' friend testifies.

The students will be prevented from graduating following an overseas placement rort.

Mum-of-three says she wishes her haters nothing but happiness.

It's been a truly uphill battle.

The deaths of two endangered native parrots have been attributed to human error.

Uelese made a traditional apology known in Samoan culture as "ifoga".

ESR scientists are giving evidence in the Dunedin murder trial.

Most buildings are liveable within one to three days, company says.