This week we are publishing the full Amber-Lee Cruickshank case podcast transcript.

The man who rescued a skydiver who plunged into Lake Wakatipu shares his account of events

Torrential rain scuttles the Kumara Racing Club's Gold Nuggets meeting for a second year.

Uh-oh. Higher than normal rainfall forecast for most of the country in the next two weeks.

NZONE director dismissed a parachute malfunction as the potential cause of the crash.

Christchurch is rolling out pumps as it prepares for heavy rain.

More than 20 rescue vessels scoured Lake Wakatipu in vain hunt for skydiver.

Teenica Harrex suffered extensive injuries after a motorbike crash in Bali.

This week we are publishing the full Amber-Lee Cruickshank case podcast transcript.

Otago University excludes group after vomiting and head shaving occurred during initiation

Like a scene out of Minority Report, police down south are door-knocking offenders.

Scientists have begun a sprawling health check of hundreds of New Zealand lakes.

Affected farm and one other have been under controls since before Christmas.

A truck crash has closed SH63 between Kawatiri and Renwick in the Tasman district.

A priest had to "shimmy'' down a fire escape this morning.

A sea lion mother raises her family in a Dunedin family's backyard.

This week we are publishing the full Amber-Lee Cruickshank case podcast transcript.

The antitrust regulator today formally warned the Timaru-based company Vet Life.

There will be showers for most of the country next week; no severe weather is forecast.

Heavy winds are set to batter the lower half of the country until mid-afternoon.

Police name man who survived crash only to be killed by a passing car.

Quake-repaired Kaikoura road shut by weather

Man hit by passing car shortly after escaping crashed vehicle.

Off duty cop one of the people caught behind vehicle as it travelled at half speed limit.

Japanese doctor accused of causing Boxing Day crash in Lindis Pass is allowed to fly home.

Wind shift threatens houses as tinder-dry grass goes up in flames.

Tourists lose all belongings - including passports - as bus goes up in flames.

Many holiday coastal communities may face flooding as a storm makes landfall.

Firefighters have been battling the blaze since just before 3pm.

Campers may want to leave North Island holiday hotspots early.