A skier who suffered an injury in a remote part of the South Island was flown to safety.

They fell in love over a lost cat and their first date was in a cemetery.

The girl suffered a broken and lacerated leg, her principal says.

Plans have emerged for another massive accommodation complex for Queenstown workers.

Hart has spent millions buying the property next door to his $24 million Queenstown house.

Youth worker invited the All Black via Twitter but no one thought he'd really show up.

Korean security man told he smelled 'Asian like a dog'.

Shandelle Battersby gets up close to some of our rarer creatures on Banks Peninsula.

A South Canterbury farmer fears Mycoplasma bovis might now be present further north.

A third South Island farm is suspected to have the cattle disease mycoplasma bovis.

Police divers have found the body of David Allan Fountain in a canal near Twizel.

The car of a missing 42-year-old man has been found in a canal in the Canterbury region.

Fire at Wakari Hospital which led to 4 people taken to hospital is treated as suspicious.

Some Spring-time weather is expected this week

Abandoned children, domestic violence, brutal assaults pressure social workers.

This couple's mortgage repayments in Dunedin are much cheaper than rent in Auckland.

A slightly sparser crowd than usual turned out for the Cadbury Jaffa Race today.

The death of a woman in police cells in Christchurch is being investigated.

Busloads of Chinese are bringing tourism boom tensions to the boil in a sleepy suburb.

Trampolines are flying, roofs are lifting and power is out to hundreds across Wellington.

Douglas Roake jailed 13 years for armed holdups of Canterbury pubs and shooting two women.

A rebuild worker reveals how he broke into a blazing house in an attempt to save a man.

Community group paid for the sign to make the township's main road safer.

Four people taken to hospital after three cars crash in Dunedin.

WorkSafe NZ will not be taking action on a tragic river crossing near Harihari last year.

PM says cross-party deal on the Pike River Mine recovery won't make the mine any safer.

A couple are lucky to have escaped injury after a power pole fell on to their property.

Police say they are closing in on fugitive rapper Scribe, who is wanted on drug charges.

Police issued appeal for information about the 38-year-old's whereabouts.

Dunedin resident John Sheppard was among many worrying about the contamination.