One person is seriously injured after a collision at an Invercargill harness racing event.

Mt Ruapehu looks likely to get a slight dusting of snow when the cold front hits overnight

Reports of a car in the Buller River led to a search effort this evening.

Verity McLean was allegedly murdered by her husband, a local police officer.

A man is dead after a quad bike crash in rural Canterbury late last night.

Grab the wet weather gear as rain is on its way, and high winds are set to hit.

The car weaved among traffic on a Dunedin motorway with police in pursuit.

Frenchwoman bitten three times by shark while bodyboarding in the Catlins.

Three men have been arrested after a dramatic police pursuit in Dunedin ended in a crash.

A gecko smuggled from home in Otago, taken to Germany and returned is set to be named.

He admitted assaulting his son by placing his hand around the boy's throat.

Cashmere is no stranger to illegal dumping and residents are getting frustrated.

Former top cop explains process is important.

The climbing community is devastated by the death of two friends who fell from mountain.

Locals and police 'family' shattered after alleged love-triangle shooting.

NZ Alpine Team name the pair who fell from Marian Peak in Fiordland.

Two people have been shot and one person is in custody following a firearms incident.

Family of an Australian policeman in Dunedin Hospital arrived in the city.

Australian policeman suffered a serious head injury after falling from a wall in Dunedin.

Astronaut Thomas Pesquet wrote that he'd 'love to explore' New Zealand.

A 29-year-old man has been arrested after the serious assault of a man in Queenstown.

A Christchurch city attack left a woman in an induced coma with a crushed windpipe.

A little cygnet named Hatch has defied the odds after being found still in his shell.

A man is in hospital with a suspected skull fracture after an assault in Queenstown.

Spying network Five Eyes is understood to be starting a week-long conference today.

It's one idea to attract people back to Christchurch's CBD at weekends.

FBI director James Comey has arrived in Queenstown for a 'top-secret' spy conference.

CIA director Mike Pompeo is among members from 15 agencies to attend the conference.

SUV flips in Canterbury putting seven people in hospital.

Tributes are flowing for a mountain rescuer who died while paragliding yesterday.