"All the cries for help fell on deaf ears," father says. Distressing content.

"I just thought I was having fun. I didn't realise it was a criminal offence."

Crews from four fire trucks are battling a fire at a two-storey house in Alexandra.

The small town attracts about a million visitors a year.

Three tourists rescued after a cold night on a range in the South Island.

Dunedin murderer George Charles Trounson will be released on parole for the seventh time.

WorkSafe data reveals details of 14 accidents at Christchurch Justice Precinct.

A Givealittle page will be set up tonight to help the family with costs

Scientists say "game-changing" evidence shows the risk of fishing bycatch to NZ sea lions.

Car flipped multiple times down mountain face when driver tried to overtake another car.

Farmer has told of the horrific scene in Southland and helping to care for two children.

Protesters had been planning to meet Brian Tamaki with a Queer Quake Mardi Gras.

It's a cold, wet start to Sunday, with heavy rain warnings and thunderstorms forecast.

Wet weather predicted for much of the country, with Nelson set for a battering.

A man was taken to Nelson Hospital in critical condition after a crash in Golden Downs.

It's the news parents across New Zealand don't want to hear.

A dairy farmer has captured footage of his pet lamb squeezing through his cat-door.

A witness saw about 12 police, four police cars and a van near the address.

Judge Crosbie informed them the defendant had previous similar convictions.

A trapped driver was extracted from a vehicle after a collision on State Highway 1.

She posed as bank staff and conned elderly into thinking their power would be cut off.

He'll be walking five months, carrying film canisters with his dad and brother's ashes.

A burst water main has sent thousands of litres of water flooding down a main street.

September seemed a perpetual downpour. But was it really?

A man who did a 'dumb thing' by robbing his place of work has been shown some leniency.

Team NZ re taking the America's Cup on a national tour of the regions this month

Hotel developer Anthony Tosswill is not giving up on Dunedin just yet.

Dunedin has been identified as a new kereru "hotspot" in this year's Great Kereru Count.

The total number of farms hit by the cattle illness has risen to seven.

Maori Party's initial win in rural Marlborough booth revoked.