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French hitchhiker: Charged with stealing sleeping bag
The tourist who said New Zealand should be renamed "Nazi Zealand" faces more charges.
The tourist who said New Zealand should be renamed "Nazi Zealand" faces more charges.
The man police are hunting in relation to an aggravated robbery in St Kilda last week is the son of one of the women arrested in the matter, it has been revealed.
Smoke blanketed Queenstown yesterday as the result of a burn-off on land on the other side of Lake Wakatipu owned by tourism giant Real Journeys.
A Lord of the Rings sightseeing flight crashed, killing the pilot, after he flew low to clear livestock from the airstrip.
Buller people may know by Christmas when they'll get a new integrated family health centre to replace Buller Hospital and Buller Health Medical Centre.
Lianne Dalziel and John Minto went head to head in the first mayoral debate on CTV, but it became clear during the debate that they could be great pals.
A former city councillor during the Sir Hamish Hay era is making a bid to return to local politics. Gabrielle Stuart reports.
Habitat for Humanity's Malcolm Whalley is looking for volunteers to join him in building homes in Samoa before typhoon season hits.
Gerry Brownlee was scathing of the Treasury analysis, in spite of the improved report, saying it was done by people who "fluff about the place pontificating".
A group of students went out for a dive in Otago Harbour yesterday and came back with a whale of a tale.
An international student has avoided conviction for starting a nuisance fire, despite admitting lighting the blaze.
A woman has been hit by a car while walking in North Canterbury this afternoon.
Christchurch pubs and clubs fighting controversial moves to shut them down at 1am feel they are being "bullied" and "harassed" by police.
A police serious crash investigator's report into a fatal accident on the Ladies Mile highway near Queenstown last year was criticised by two peer reviewers.
The French hitchhiker stuck for four days at a tiny West Coast town says he will hitch a lift to his next court appearance.
A 33-year-old psychology student has admitted leaving a trail of destruction following a drunken wild ride through Mornington last month.
A Dunedin man with a long criminal history has pleaded guilty to six charges relating to a burglary spree and high-speed police chase.
A French hitchhiker who spent four days trying to get a lift out of the West Coast without success plead guilty to damaging road signs.
Frustrated French hitchhiker ended up in handcuffs after road signs were hurled into the Punakaiki River and locals were abused.
A former North Otago star rugby player charged in a fatal crash in Hakataramea Valley Rd, near Kurow, in May last year has pleaded guilty to all charges.
Burglars abseiled into a Dunedin building at the weekend, leaving a trail of destruction before stealing art supplies.
The Black Widow's son has appeared in Christchurch District Court today via video link.
Christchurch city councillors and community board members have claimed more than $30,000 in mileage during the last three years.
Come November 5, more than 9000 people will head to the domain to watch, take part and enjoy the The Hororata Highland Games - the largest in NZ.
"Paddy's Army", a group of about 25 St Patrick's School pupils in Bryndwr who have collected almost 150 pairs of pyjamas to give to foster children.
Plans to build a new health hub and maternity unit in the central city, which were scrapped because of asbestos contamination, may still go ahead.
A wooden fence post fell off the back of a truck and went through the windscreen of a vehicle the driver was passing.
Six years after the September 2010 earthquake, the Hororata community is still in the dark about when its badly damaged heritage church will be restored.
About 100 farmers in Otago and Southland were forced to dump milk over the weekend in the aftermath of the milk silo collapse at Fonterra's Edendale site.