Dunedin student deported after grabbing 10cm knife and stabbing cat in the head.

Christchurch has added 19 pieces to its outdoor art collection in the past eight years.

About 200 people are "sleeping rough" in Christchurch at any one time.

Time to tap into the heart of Buller with local tour operator Out West Tours.

The quake struck 13km deep and was felt as far away as Rotorua.

Drunk teen crashes vehicle with parent and two other passengers inside.

A front is bringing wet weather to several parts of the country tomorrow.

A scrub fire in Southland that covers farmland and DOC land has grown to 1300 hectares.

One person has been killed in a crash near Burnham Military Camp in Canterbury.

Retirement home owner verbally attacked residents calling them "a pack of bloody kids".

Shandelle Battersby checks into an impressive Cathedral Square hotel.

Judge says victims will not see a cent after costly 10-month South Island crime spree.

Rapists showed no pity to traumatised victim.

Rainbow Confectionery is disappointed Mondelez did not agree to keep manufacturing here.

Temperatures plummeted to zero overnight ahead of heatwave hitting south.

Footage has emerged of a chance encounter with a sea lion in Otago harbour's waters.

Driver said he braked hard to avoid hitting the birds.

Lucky he didn't take out innocent people, says witness.

Stephen Findlay beat his neighbour to death with a blunt object.

Student on $10k scholarship says he "stockpiled'' cannabis as he was "in a dark place''.

Worried neighbours fled early this morning as a vacant house next door erupted in flames.

Victim's family angered how long it took driver to plead guilty after killing man.

Oamaru man killed a pedestrian, injured three other people after driving on the footpath.

Student followed home by a man who was "touching himself" during the 4km walk.

Search continues for missing man as DHB launches investigation.

Daniel Simmonds checks into a hotel that's great for business travellers.

Police named the man as 47-year-old Duayne Barry Insley from Glenorchy.

After days of mixed weather, things are set to improve.

One person has been seriously injured after a crash near Dunedin.

Rain, snow and a risk of thunderstorms mixed with bursts of sunshine are forecast