Queenstown's fast-growing airport has launched a pre-emptive strike on nearby housing.

A group of four people missing in bush near Dunedin bush were found early this morning.

Busloads of Chinese are bringing tourism boom tensions to the boil in a sleepy suburb.

Trampolines are flying, roofs are lifting and power is out to hundreds across Wellington.

Douglas Roake jailed 13 years for armed holdups of Canterbury pubs and shooting two women.

A rebuild worker reveals how he broke into a blazing house in an attempt to save a man.

Community group paid for the sign to make the township's main road safer.

Four people taken to hospital after three cars crash in Dunedin.

WorkSafe NZ will not be taking action on a tragic river crossing near Harihari last year.

Police say they are closing in on fugitive rapper Scribe, who is wanted on drug charges.

Police issued appeal for information about the 38-year-old's whereabouts.

Dunedin resident John Sheppard was among many worrying about the contamination.

Council issued a boil water notice covering a swath of the central city and north end.

Anything touched by tap water was either turned off or thrown out yesterday.

Chelsea Evans weeps when she thinks about never being able to say goodbye to her cat.

Canterbury Police are urging motorists to slow down.

Lauren Jones takes a week-long roadie that crams in heaps of South Island beauty spots.

'Life-changing situation' for Lumsden farmers after nearly 200 cows were put down.

Tekapo, Mount Cook, Wanaka, Queenstown and Dunedin, crammed into a one-minute video. Footage: Supplied by Lauren Jones. Read the full article here.

Dunedin City Council has warned people not to drink water across large parts of the city.

Four people were on a plane that crashed at Queenstown Airport.

Eyes of the glass and real variety will be fixed on an unusual sight at a Dunedin auction.

Three brothers were rescued eight hours after their ute became stuck in a flooded river.

The earthquake-crippled Christ Church Cathedral could be gifted to the Government.

Kim Dotcom has spent the weekend in Queenstown house-hunting.

A house fire in Christchurch this morning has left one person dead.

Parts of South Island and North Island are set to be battered by heavy rain and snow.

Facebook request leads to money racket and jail term.

First leader brave enough to share welfare story but has come under attack for doing so.

Meth with a street value of $84k and three Harley-Davidson motorcycles seized in raid.