South-westerlies dominating the country this summer will continue to deliver wind and cloud to large parts of the country today.

Crew Consulting founder Tom Sweeney explains why his firm is based in Dunedin and what it's like being an owner.

Helicopters are on their way to a scrub fire in a remote South Island mountainous region.

Dr Brett Mullan of the National Institute of Water and Atmosphere (NIWA) explains our holiday season weather and warming world.

McCaw has been spotted out and about in Wanaka this afternoon - without a wedding band.

A Fire Service spokesman said they are heading to the boat near Mabel Island together with Coastguard.

Police are concerned for the welfare of a boat owner who left their small, red yacht moored on Lake Benmore in the South Island a

A motorcyclist has died after a collision with a car on the road south of Cardrona near Queenstown.

Alpine Pure last year renewed its consents with the West Coast Regional Council, and has applied to do the same with the Westland District Council.

Controversial pipeline would carry water under land and the seabed, pumped into ocean tankers.

Two people are being airlifted to hospital following a two car crash in Geraldine.

Police are looking for a South African tourist who has gone missing down south.

Tihioterangi Rei Edgecombe had spent December 31 last year fixing a car when he decided to see how it was running.

We're looking back on some of our favourite big reads from TimeOut this year. Today, we revisit Chris Schulz' story on the women of Gloriavale.

A Dunedin games developer has made headlines across the globe after bemoaning ''the hard truth'' about making virtual reality games.

An Irishman's round the world solo sailing race has come to an abrupt end after his mast collapsed while 180 nautical miles south of New Zealand.

Bad weather and the risk of rockfalls has forced the closure of State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura.

A motorist is dead after a single car crash south of Christchurch this afternoon.

A knife-wielding man wearing a balaclava tried to steal cigarettes and cash from a Nelson service station this morning.

Boy racers black out an intersection with tyre skidmarks.

New Zealand is in for a wet day with just the northern tip of the country resembling summer.

A pyrotechnics expert says industry will keep close tabs on investigation into how a Dunedin man suffered a severe eye injury during NY fireworks display.

This week, the Herald takes a look at Kiwis who are dedicated to helping our animals. Today Jamie Morton talks to Project Jonah's Daren Glover.

A new fight may be developing between Government and iwi over fishing rights, this time in the Marlborough Sounds.

Bay of Islands the place to be for summer sun today

A man is facing being blind in one eye after he was struck with debris at Dunedin's public New Year's Eve Display.

The Fire Service is responding to multiple reports of a grass fire in Christchurch.

Firefighters are battling three scrub fires near Blenheim this afternoon.

Lynn Paterson has been paddling for 130 days around the coast of New Zealand.

Party-goers who attended an unauthorised event on Lake Wanaka's Ruby Island claim safety was paramount.