Police have released the names of two people killed in the microlight crash yesterday.

The bird was thought extinct until 2013 when sightings prompted it to be reclassified.

Early morning, late night staff to be escorted after nurse was attacked by masked gunman.

A storm is bearing down on the country bringing heavy rain and destructive gales.

A would-be ''skinny-dipper'' survives a 20m fall down a cliff in Queenstown.

It's a potential solution for Christchurch, as water levels have dropped to record lows.

Youth in eastern suburbs are more likely to have mental health issues than others in NZ.

Statue in Christchurch has been cleaned 53 times since it was installed in September 2015.

Greenpeace will lodge a complaint to the Auditor General over FishServe.

A microlight crash in the South Island has killed two people.

Christchurch Hospital has beefed up security after the incident.

Toby wants to be a firefighter, or a builder but now that might not be possible.

A developer says "bureaucratic insanity" is making housing unaffordable in Dunedin.

Police are seeking an armed masked man who approached a woman in Christchurch.

Queenstown is becoming a popular retirement destination for baby-boomers, a report shows.

Friends of a man killed by a stoned driver have blasted police over the charges laid.

Two protected dolphins are found dead and now the hunt is on to find out who killed them.

Chopper pilot Steve Askin's family receive letter from woman who says he saved her life.

The hotel would accommodate up to 450 guests in two wings of three and four levels.

Freedom campers have been snapped sleeping under trees in Queenstown.

This unusually damp, sticky weather is going to last for another week.

A taxi has crashed into a house in Christchurch after its driver suffered a medical event.

A Gloriavale leader says the secretive community needs to be held to account

Fifteen people arrested after a Christchurch dairy was robbed nine times in seven months.

Murder accused Troy Taylor testifies to deny murdering baby Ihaka Stokes

The inland route between Christchurch and Picton a scary road to drive, say truckies.

Isolated religious community has rejected results of government investigation.

Central Otago police have uncovered a booby-trapped cannabis plot.

The Southern District Police are trying to locate 30-year-old Thomas 'Tom' Padget.

Most sat and stared blankly at the obstacles or hid in the cat tunnel.