Wrap up warm New Zealand, the chilly weather isn't taking a break anytime soon.

Outages were caused by strong winds causing lines to clash.

The preschooler's sudden death has been referred to the Coroner.

It will be a weekend of two halves for much of the country.

South-westerly winds mean a miserable start to the weekend for many, but change is coming.

During a search of his bag at the airport, customs officials found a gram of cocaine

He found a rock - that turned out to be a nicely formed gold nugget weighing 6.25 ounces.

Lloyd McIntosh was sent back to prison after abusing staff at his supported accommodation.

The Univeristy claims

Multi-million dollar synthetics ring operated out of Christchurch dairy, Crown alleges.

The two fatalities add to a road toll of 6 from Queen's Birthday Weekend.

Two people seriously injured following a crash between and truck and a car.

He also escaped conviction for having a military-style semi-automatic rifle.

A couple from Christchurch were the victims of the fatal boating incident on Lake Hauroko.

One skifield reported a dump of 75 centimetres.

Suspected 20-million-year-old fossil could now help answer questions about a "dark age".

Police have recovered debris which is believed to be from the missing boat incident.

Two others were airlifted to safety in a dramatic blizzard rescue.

Temperatures dipped below zero overnight as snow blanketed parts of New Zealand.

The crash happened on the Twizel-Omarama Rd in Glenbrook at 1.50pm.

No matter where you were in NZ last night, you would have experienced thunderstorms.

Police armed with Bushmaster rifles were at the scene.

No arrests have been made since the alleged road rage incident earlier this month.

Alana Cairns, who was behind bars with two of her four children, has been released.

The young man sent a letter applauding the alleged Christchurch attacks gunman.

"It hit him right in the middle of the chest, on the sternum really ... full blast."

'After a huge amount of red tape, $99,922.36 has today been transferred.'

Dashcam footage is being called for from members of the public.

Canterbury Police have made a plea on Facebook for information.

She "made her way out of the police station" - and is still at large.