Rich-lister's son apologises
The rich-lister's son who punched a female police officer unconscious has today apologised for his "bad decision in the heat of the moment".
The rich-lister's son who punched a female police officer unconscious has today apologised for his "bad decision in the heat of the moment".
The female police officer punched in the face by the son of a rich-lister who escaped a jail sentence is still being helped by colleagues on her road back to work, 18 months after the attack.
Did the creation of an 'urban boundary' cause Arrowtown prices to go through the roof?
A helicopter with six people on board has rolled over while attempting a snow landing on the Crown Range near Queenstown this afternoon.
Parts of the country are experiencing balmy summer-like temperatures as the mercury soared above 20C at lunchtime today.
A large slip has closed State highway 6 at Meybille Bay, north of Punakaiki.
A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle early this morning on State Highway 6 between Pelorus and Havelock, Marlborough.
A man has died after being thrown from a 4x4 vehicle when it rolled, while an 11-year-old was also injured in separate incident after her motorcycle collided with a car.
Cycling is kept to a minimum and feasting to a maximum on this Tour de Nelson.
A revised plan to retain vehicle access on Victoria St has jumped its first hurdle, in spite of a petition pushing to make the area car-free.
Lincoln University's vice-chancellor Professor Robin Pollard has refused to elaborate on why he said the university would be "dead" in a year.
Eleven-year-old Jesse George thought he was having a regular check up when his care worker Paul Graham came to his house, until he was given a letter.
Property values in one former gold mining town have hit the roof.
When the average Canterbury child turns 5, they have had at least one tooth decayed, extracted or filled. Gabriel Stuart looks into why this happens.
Barriers have been installed in Sumner to stop Pokemon Go players driving up onto the footpath to play the popular game.
A front made its icy way up the country, bringing with it snow, sleet and freezing cold temperatures with winds of up to 120km/h.
A Dunedin mother fears for her daughter's safety after she was knocked unconscious by the same teenager in two assaults in as many months.
An ambulance officer is being treated for moderate injuries after an ambulance hit ice and slid off the road on the Southern Motorway near Dunedin tonight.
Two 13-year-old schoolgirls 'had a scrap'' at McDonald's Restaurant in George St yesterday afternoon, police said.
The 2012km tractor expedition, to help raise $1 million to save Sir Edmund Hillary's hut in Antarctica prepares to cross Cook Strait tomorrow.
A mourning family is preparing for the possibility the man who pleaded guilty to causing a crash which killed Dunedin man Riley Baker may never serve prison time.
Elderly American man died after a bus reversed into him in Queenstown.
Up to three dead cows have mysteriously washed up on a Dunedin beach this weekend.
A 1-year-old boy was flown to Dunedin Hospital with serious injuries after falling from the balcony of a house in Frankton Rd yesterday.
An Arrowtown couple and their child have been left homeless after a fire in their rental property yesterday afternoon.
A former military jet has gone a great distance from its Soviet home to a little town in South Island where it's back on market waiting for a new owner.
Helicopters have been called in to fight a large bush fire on the Big Ben range in Rakaia Gorge.
Imagine technology that could read your symptoms, run tests and diagnose your illness right from your home.
Richie McCaw won't be on the field at this year's Canterbury MPs v sports legends charity match - but he still plans to get behind it.
A $4.8m project to improve drinking water quality in north-west Christchurch could be sped up in the wake of the Havelock North gastro outbreak.