Police are looking for the driver of a silver station wagon after it was involved in a hit and run in Queenstown tonight.

A 400sq m bush blaze is burning beside a rural road near Ashburton.

A bounty to confirm the South Island kokako is still alive has led to 40 possible encounters.

A cold change sweeping up the South Island this afternoon has seen temperatures drop by double digits in 10 minutes.

An Oamaru man was attacked by angry bees after trying to run from police.

The CDHB will not renew its contract with Compass Group, the supplier which sparked street protests in Dunedin.

Engagement presents were stolen from the home of Tactix captain Jess Moulds.

The mum searching for her son's stolen ashes has been going to pawn shops in a bid to find clues.

A grateful community says thanks to the volunteer firefighters who fought the recent blazes in Christchurch.

A Dunedin man has been jailed for attempted murder.

Thousands have reported feeling the two big quakes in Canterbury.

Witnesses said the Givealittle recipient came close to hitting several children playing on the footpath.

Police are appealing for help to identify this man following a break-in at a liquor store in Invercargill.

Lotto winner so stunned on learning of his change in fortune, he pushed an empty trolley around a supermarket for an hour - and bought nothing.

The 4.8 quake struck 20km southwest of Cheviot at 10.19am.

A student caught with handwritten notes twice during the same examination was among 50 disciplined for dishonest practices by the University of Otago last year.

Kurt Bayer went to the Gumboot Throwing Champs as a reporter, and left a champ.

A jetboater has gone viral on social media after posting a misadventure in his boat on Facebook.

While autumn starts this week, summery weather is expected to continue for a while.

A crowd funding page has been set up to raise a reward, after a brutal horse death in Burwood.

Christchurch residents are being asked to conserve water while water levels are restored following the Port Hills fires.

A person was unloading goods when they were hit by another truck in Christchurch.

The Kiwi snowboarder, who died in a Japan avalanche is remembered as a caring man with infectious energy.

Emergency services were called to the scene of the accident, near Kinloch, just after 1pm.

A new book explores the drama, the scientific puzzle and the human spirit of the people who live there.

Fears have been raised that motorists might fail to recognise a 3-D crossing in North Dunedin, putting pedestrians at risk.

There've been no flare-ups overnight following a lakeside scrub fire at Wanaka, which sent huge fireballs into the sky.

A lakeside Wanaka scrub fire that was shooting "huge, big fireballs" into the sky has now been contained.

A woman was able to flee a sexually motivated assault, by biting the man who was attacking her.

Effort to cap rates didn't quite work out as planned this year.