Two options offer areas for new reserves, but environment group calls process "flawed".

Locals have knickers in a twist over freedom campers' 'disgusting' behaviour.

Police are carrying out a scene investigation where a man's body was found in Timaru.

Sainey Marong admitted strangling sex worker Renee Duckmanton to death.

Alexia Santamaria and her Auckland family are wooed by some of the delights of Dunedin.

Some parts of the south may be in for rain, but the rest of the country is better off.

Canterbury DHB has issued a warning after a 51-year-old man ate toxic berries.

Plush pad 'Villa Manata' was advertised on Booking.com – but it doesn't exist.

Belinda Feek enjoys the natural beauty of Queen Charlotte Sound.

"I copped a whole heap of abuse then she went to punch me in the face," victim says.

Determined teen had "amazing recovery" in spite of the first 48 hours not going to plan.

Blenheim Airport recorded 199mm, or four times the normal amount of rain for the area.

Emergency crews responded at about 11.30am.

One person has died after a car crashed into a tree in the South Island.

Police are calling for help from the public as they search for a cricket bat.

The Zeddy Dry Feeder has wowed the judges at the Southern Rural Life Innovation Awards.

The West Coast polytechnic needs substantial change says Education Minister Chris Hipkins.

Alan James Fahey, or 'God' to his friends, was found face-down, soaked in his own blood.

A pig on the loose in Greymouth has led an animal control officer on a gleeful chase.

Four trampers plucked from Makarora River island after one swam for help

Jane Jurgens lists her top west coast beaches.

Road spikes were used to stop the stolen ambulance.

Wet and wild weather to hit almost a week after ex-Cyclone Gita.

NZ's earliest settlement, the Wairau Bar, has since been hit by major quakes and tsunamis.

Delicious food and wine finds another good home, writes Stephanie Holmes.

Nick Schryvers became stuck in Golden Bay after the road was damaged by Cyclone Gita.

Overseas driver had been caught driving at 140kmh just two days before crash.

There will be limited road access to Cyclone Gita-ravaged Takaka from tomorrow.

University of Otago law student is among those said to have been targeted by the law firm.

South Islanders drying out after Gita are due another soaking.