The Dunedin City Council faces a potentially protracted legal battle as New Zealand's supermarket giants join forces to fight the city's local alcohol policy.

A wallet containing $1290 has been returned to it owner.

A world-renowned gorilla wants a say on how Invercargill is run according to election hoardings.

A joint campaign has come under fire from their opponents claiming it puts their independence in question.

The tourist who said New Zealand should be renamed "Nazi Zealand" faces more charges.

The man police are hunting in relation to an aggravated robbery in St Kilda last week is the son of one of the women arrested in the matter, it has been revealed.

Smoke blanketed Queenstown yesterday as the result of a burn-off on land on the other side of Lake Wakatipu owned by tourism giant Real Journeys.

A Lord of the Rings sightseeing flight crashed, killing the pilot, after he flew low to clear livestock from the airstrip.

Buller people may know by Christmas when they'll get a new integrated family health centre to replace Buller Hospital and Buller Health Medical Centre.

Habitat for Humanity's Malcolm Whalley is looking for volunteers to join him in building homes in Samoa before typhoon season hits.

Gerry Brownlee was scathing of the Treasury analysis, in spite of the improved report, saying it was done by people who "fluff about the place pontificating".

A winemaker is hooked on pinot and the land where it's grown, writes Stephanie Holmes.

The under-fire French hitchhiker says his anger boiled over after he was racially abused while trying to thumb a lift.

A group of students went out for a dive in Otago Harbour yesterday and came back with a whale of a tale.

An international student has avoided conviction for starting a nuisance fire, despite admitting lighting the blaze.

A woman has been hit by a car while walking in North Canterbury this afternoon.

Christchurch pubs and clubs fighting controversial moves to shut them down at 1am feel they are being "bullied" and "harassed" by police.

A police serious crash investigator's report into a fatal accident on the Ladies Mile highway near Queenstown last year was criticised by two peer reviewers.

A Dunedin man with a long criminal history has pleaded guilty to six charges relating to a burglary spree and high-speed police chase.

A French hitchhiker who spent four days trying to get a lift out of the West Coast without success plead guilty to damaging road signs.

Armed police hunting for a wanted person raid an Ashburton home.

A Frenchman whose attempts to hitch-hike out of the West Coast landed him in court says New Zealand should be renamed "Nazi Zealand". Cedric

Frustrated French hitchhiker ended up in handcuffs after road signs were hurled into the Punakaiki River and locals were abused.

A former North Otago star rugby player charged in a fatal crash in Hakataramea Valley Rd, near Kurow, in May last year has pleaded guilty to all charges.

Burglars abseiled into a Dunedin building at the weekend, leaving a trail of destruction before stealing art supplies.

Sarah Lawrence checks into a lovely spot with mountain views.

The Black Widow's son has appeared in Christchurch District Court today via video link.

Christchurch city councillors and community board members have claimed more than $30,000 in mileage during the last three years.

Come November 5, more than 9000 people will head to the domain to watch, take part and enjoy the The Hororata Highland Games - the largest in NZ.

"Paddy's Army", a group of about 25 St Patrick's School pupils in Bryndwr who have collected almost 150 pairs of pyjamas to give to foster children.