Over the space of a week, Kaitangata has gone from being little known outside Otago to an unlikely international media darling.

A Christchurch woman with power of attorney over an intellectually disabled woman has admitted stealing from her to fund her pokies gambling habit.

World media have got the wrong end of the stick - forcing Kaitangata to remind potential new residents they'll have to pay to move south.

A man is in a critical condition after competing in the Mud Sweat and Tears challenge in Canterbury today.

Police are on the hunt for a man who robbed a TAB in Dunedin at gunpoint last night, just two weeks after an armed robbery of a service station on the same street.

Some flights delayed as parts of the country again wake up to a frosty morning, with the lowest temperature dipping to - 6.5C.

Footage of fire fighters battling a car fire overnight in Dunedin has emerged.

When Richard Emerson sold his small Dunedin brewery to national giant Lion four years ago it took him well out of his comfort zone.

New Zealanders will have to wrap up warm again tonight as more icy temperatures are forecast.

Eleven-year-old Elli McLaughlan says smoke alarms save lives after a fire started by an electric blanket on her bed gutted her family's home in Westport yesterday.

NZ lake named among the world's clearest waters by an American travel publication.

North Islanders should rug up and turn their electric blankets on tonight as overnight lows drop by as much as 7C in some areas.

Critics of proposed link between West Coast and Milford Sound say $250 million costing should be more like $2 billion.

A man has died in a crash in Selwyn, Canterbury after two cars collided on West Coast Rd in Kirwee shortly after 5pm.

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A 43-year old Christchurch man banned from public places where children might be, was allegedly caught in a city shopping mall yesterday.

A man who suffered severe burns in a Christchurch factory incident has died in hospital.

Dunedin drivers are being asked to take care on icy roads this morning.

Christchurch photographer Katherine Williams has been named 2016 Photographer of the Year.

Kaitangata in the South Island is making world headlines with its ambitious push to entice city dwellers to relocate to the tiny South Otago town.

Sue Chapman regularly takes photos of her children and uploads them to her 6000-plus social media followers.

Ratepayers have put $70,000 toward an American conference in Christchurch this year, which charges up to $3495 for tickets.

Watching her sports mad son grow up Angela Dixon often wondered whether it was the right path for her son Elliot

A child murderer has again been denied his freedom, 20 years after he was first eligible for parole.

Frightening CCTV stills from the armed robbery of a Christchurch dairy have been released by police.

A Canadian wept as he was sentenced today for careless driving causing the death of an 81-year-old woman near Owaka.

The first six months of 2016 were set to be the warmest start to the year yet, based on data from seven weather stations, including Hokitika.

Andrew Durant was convicted of a charge of procuring other drugs, after being caught fossicking for magic mushrooms.

A Canadian safety officer wept as he was sentenced today for careless driving causing the death of an 81-year-old woman near Owaka.

Scientists have renewed their focus on Wairau Bar off Marlborough's Cloudy Bay, which bears secrets of our earliest settlers and their paths to Aotearoa.