Police trace movements of Czech tramper - and her partner - who waited a month at hut following his death on Routeburn track

Those attempting the southern Routeburn Track are warned alpine experience is essential over winter.

Tennessy Weir checks into a lakefront hotel with a beautiful garden.

A Timaru contractor has been given the task of shepherding two Waitaki film sets to their final resting place - the landfill.

There are claims of theft, teabag rationing and poor treatment of staff at Woodhaugh Rest Home and Hospital in Dunedin.

Chinese national Limin Ma has admitted causing the death of Dunedin man Riley Baker in a head-on crash when he crossed the centre line to view the ocean.

Convicted killer Colin Bouwer will remain behind bars after requesting parole be declined at his latest hearing.

A dozen vehicles have been stolen around Southland over the past three weeks and police are urging drivers to protect themselves from

A fire fighter was lowered into the natural limestone shaft - just 40cm wide - to rescue Middy who had been missing since Saturday.

A bus driver's spontaneous detour has come to a unplanned halt at a hairpin turn in Dunedin's Northeast Valley.

Three armed offenders clothed from head to toe stole cash and cigarettes from a Christchurch dairy early this morning.

Diana Plater enjoys some of the best Central Otago has to offer.

A dairy farmer under financial pressure despite working 100-hour weeks has admitted breaking the tails of nearly 50 cows.

The town popped up following the discovery of gold in the mid-1860s and was named after George Ross, provincial treasurer of Canterbury.

A young masked woman entered a Dunedin dairy with a weapon and demanded money.

A woman is injured after two cars collided in Dunedin.

Shearers' quarters have been damaged by fire on a North Canterbury farm.

Police are searching for a teenage girl after a robbery at a South Dunedin takeaway this evening.

A couple travelling in convoy were involved in a four-car crash in Dunedin.

The memorabilia of former All Black Neil Purvis has been lost to fire along with the home and memories of his Tarras family after their homestead was destroyed.

Double the average number of meningitis cases have been identified in the South this year as authorities call for vigilance following the death of an Otago Polytechnic student.

A car has collided with a fire engine just south of Gore.

The parents of a 20-year-old student, who died tragically at the weekend from meningitis, have warned people to be wary of the disease's symptoms.

Close contacts of an Otago Polytechnic student who died at the weekend from meningitis have been offered antibiotics to reduce their risk of catching the disease.

Gloriavale teen Prayer Ready choked to death in an isolation room. Now, a daughter of the controversial leader says her mother would have been "told what to say".

A young motorcyclist who police say died after colliding with a Chinese driver's vehicle in Otago on Saturday will donate organs to seven different people.

Immigration NZ is changing its practices following the case of the 18-year-old French au pair who was locked in a Queenstown police cell while waiting to be deported.

The motorcyclist who died after a crash in East Otago was a talented and award-winning Dunedin photographer.

A Timaru factory has been damaged after a heating unit used for plastics moulds caught fire.

Two people have been freed after they were trapped in their vehicles in a crash at Timaru.