A Dunedin man has been jailed for attempted murder.

Thousands have reported feeling the two big quakes in Canterbury.

Witnesses said the Givealittle recipient came close to hitting several children playing on the footpath.

Police are appealing for help to identify this man following a break-in at a liquor store in Invercargill.

Lotto winner so stunned on learning of his change in fortune, he pushed an empty trolley around a supermarket for an hour - and bought nothing.

The 4.8 quake struck 20km southwest of Cheviot at 10.19am.

A student caught with handwritten notes twice during the same examination was among 50 disciplined for dishonest practices by the University of Otago last year.

Kurt Bayer went to the Gumboot Throwing Champs as a reporter, and left a champ.

A jetboater has gone viral on social media after posting a misadventure in his boat on Facebook.

While autumn starts this week, summery weather is expected to continue for a while.

A crowd funding page has been set up to raise a reward, after a brutal horse death in Burwood.

Christchurch residents are being asked to conserve water while water levels are restored following the Port Hills fires.

A person was unloading goods when they were hit by another truck in Christchurch.

The Kiwi snowboarder, who died in a Japan avalanche is remembered as a caring man with infectious energy.

Emergency services were called to the scene of the accident, near Kinloch, just after 1pm.

A new book explores the drama, the scientific puzzle and the human spirit of the people who live there.

Fears have been raised that motorists might fail to recognise a 3-D crossing in North Dunedin, putting pedestrians at risk.

There've been no flare-ups overnight following a lakeside scrub fire at Wanaka, which sent huge fireballs into the sky.

Effort to cap rates didn't quite work out as planned this year.

Plummeting numbers of drivers caught speeding in the South Island have coincided with the deadliest year on southern roads in a decade.

Two US passengers from the cruise ship remain in Christchurch Hospital.

The giant November 2016 earthquake has snapped the top decks from a sunken Soviet cruise liner in the Marlborough Sounds.

A major hydroponic cannabis growing operation, with more than 800 plants, has been found by police in South Canterbury.

These sisters will grow up wondering what their big brother would have been like.

Name suppression granted for man accused of almost severing victim's hand.

A Queenstown consortium has bought historic steam train.

People affected by fires may be entitled to free doctor visits.

Breeding colony of 2000 seals north of Kaikoura at risk as part of SH1 rebuild.

COMMENT: Yesterday our nation paused just before one o'clock to remember.

Four Otago students were seriously assaulted by non-students.