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.

Arrest made after an Oamaru man was shot in the leg on Sunday.

Family of woman killed by drink driver are flabbergasted to learn he has been at it again.

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 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.

Some residents of Oxford St have been evacuated as a result of a gas leak.

Tina Weepu jailed for two years following attack that left 72-year-old blind in one eye.

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.

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.

Woman trying to drive on a public walking track ended up in a ditch.

How many children are infected by chickenpox outbreak is not known.

Sober drivers are plying teens with alcohol in Dunedin, say parents.

Man connected with the girls on social media via the Dunedin sober drivers Facebook page.

"We were a few hundred metres away from the finish line and they were just crossing it.