Detectives investigate whether alleged attack on cop mistaken identity or more sinister.

Police stopped a dobbed-in driver but he took off and crashed, killing two.

A receptionist who stole $133,000 from a Christchurch rebuild company has been sentenced.

The Supreme Court appeal of a Wanaka chef who stomped on a man's head has been dismissed.

Witness says tourist who died after being run over was told to walk in front of bus.

Stephen John Hayden and Nigel Stuart Freeman were killed in the two-car collision.

Older patients forced to sit on floor while waiting in eye department at Dunedin Hospital.

Twenty tickets given out during a sting to try and stop red light-runners near a school.

It was a freezing cold night for some in the South Island.

Green groups say a sea lion rescue plan fails to address threats by commercial fishing.

Drizzle for the north, sleet for the south; Tuesday's not looking too flash.

A female robber walked into a Dunedin dairy yesterday and pointed a handgun at its owner.

The crash happened on State Highway 8 shortly after 5.15pm.

Firefighters are trying to save a home from burning to the ground.

The machine gun-toting star wished the team good luck before their second All Blacks test.

The weather gods are not shining on New Zealand this weekend.

There were seven crashes, including one fatal smash, on New Zealand roads overnight.

A bus has been pulled from a North Canterbury waterway after a fatal crash last night.

A Christchurch cyclist has died in a riding accident on the French island of Corsica.

A cyclist almost killed in a Queenstown hit-and-run is still recovering from her ordeal.

Trans woman charged with three armed robberies has been remanded to a men's prison.

Beachgoers are being reminded to keep their distance from wildlife.

John Alexander Deans died when his ute collided with a tourist bus near Roxburgh this week

University of Otago fears Govt changes to tertiary education could result in free-for-all.

Most of the country should see rain this weekend, but the temperatures should be mild.

Frontline police in Canterbury will have more weaponry from Saturday.

A central Dunedin street has been closed after several ice-related crashes.

Boy was standing near the edge of a narrow precipitous section of track when it gave way.

One person is dead and at least 10 people injured after a bus and 4WD crashed.

Man woke up find three of his sheep slaughtered for meat and lambs inside them discarded.