Batten down the hatches, another southern storm bears down on the country.

Four pedestrians were robbed at gunpoint in the early hours of this morning.

A fish and chip shop owner's trip to the bank took a gruesome turn when he spotted an elderly man floating face down in the water near Rocks Rd in Nelson.

A small Southland town has been completely cut off after this weekend's wild weather.

Whatever happened to summer? Cardrona Alpine Resort woke up to its heaviest summer snowfall in living memory yesterday, 30cm covering the base.

Eleanor Ainge Roy swigs, slurps, munches and nibbles through a food safari.

Summer may still be on the cards - but expect the cool temperatures to linger for at least a few more weeks.

But the good news is that the bad weather should clear by Sunday and hopefully we'll be on track for some real summer feels.

It might be the middle of summer but that hasn't stopped the snow from falling.

Amazing pictures show a massive slip blocking a major South Island route as wild weather wreaked havoc on the West Coast today.

A Swedish couple have survived a terrifying ordeal after they were swept down a flooded South Island river.

NZTA is prioritising clearing Lewis Pass, the main transport link between Picton and Christchurch since November's big earthquake.

Christchurch police are investigating two incidents in the city, the latest was when a man entered a tavern yesterday with a sawn-off shotgun.

A BP 2Go service station owner has blamed cigarette tax hikes for an increasing number of burglaries and ram-raids on service stations around Dunedin.

Fed up with severe smog, Chinese tourists are swarming abroad to countries with "clean air" on their latest travel trend: "lung cleansing" tours.

A Dunedin man who burned down his family home four days after his marriage fell apart has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.

Nicholas Birch had been out of prison less than three weeks when the lies started again.

Strongman mine disaster happened 50 years ago next week. Paul McBride catches up with the five surviving members of the Mines Rescue teams.

A teen mum-to-be has received a stern lecture from a judge after she was caught drink-driving midway through her pregnancy.

Cigarettes worth $11,000 have been stolen from a dairy by brazen thieves.

Police have released a CCTV image of a suspect in a burglary turned arson attempt on the Shirley St Albans Club.

Residents in parts of the country have been warned to brace for widespread flooding, slips and fast-rising rivers as the mid-week weather system hits.

A fire which burned through 100ha of hillside near Arthur's Pass last week and four more fires on Saturday are suspected to be the work of an arsonist.

Clues left by an anonymous benefactor had hundreds of people searching for cash hidden in a secret Dunedin location.

Shelly Crooks, 36, hasn't been seen since December 22 after telling a friend she was going to hitchhike from Punakaiki to Opotiki.

A woman who accused her ex-girlfriend of attacking her might end up in the dock herself after admitting she lied to police.

A Christchurch entrepreneur has denied reports of his confidential documents being dumped on a street.

A minute's silence will be observed in Greymouth on Thursday to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Strongman Mine disaster which claimed 19 lives.

Residents in parts of the country have been warned to brace for widespread flooding, slips and fast-rising rivers as a power-packed, mid-week weather system hits.

COMMENT: If you want to see really crappy summer weather you should try camping near Dunedin.