A father and daughter pleaded guilty to incest when they appeared in the Dunedin District Court this afternoon.

A proposed gondola to the Franz Josef Glacier is winning early support from West Coast tourism interests.

A fisherman on a burning boat grounded the vessel on rocks before leaping to safety near Dunedin yesterday afternoon.

Air accident investigators have interviewed the five passengers on board a helicopter that rolled over on landing near Queenstown yesterday afternoon.

The police officer who was knocked unconscious by a rich-lister's son in an alcohol-fuelled attack was also attacked by a young man five years ago.

The huge slip near Meybille Bay, south of Westport, is proving a cloud with a silver lining for Punakaiki.

Tourism operator Skyline Enterprises has plans to put a gondola on Franz Josef Glacier but a conservation group says it will put more pressure on a delicate area.

The rich-lister's son who punched a female police officer unconscious has today apologised for his "bad decision in the heat of the moment".

The female police officer punched in the face by the son of a rich-lister who escaped a jail sentence is still being helped by colleagues on her road back to work, 18 months after the attack.

Parts of the country are experiencing balmy summer-like temperatures as the mercury soared above 20C at lunchtime today.

A large slip has closed State highway 6 at Meybille Bay, north of Punakaiki.

A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle early this morning on State Highway 6 between Pelorus and Havelock, Marlborough.

A man has died after being thrown from a 4x4 vehicle when it rolled, while an 11-year-old was also injured in separate incident after her motorcycle collided with a car.

Cycling is kept to a minimum and feasting to a maximum on this Tour de Nelson.

Two men have been caught smuggling meth into Dunedin on a flight from the North Island.

Developer Richard Peebles is looking to buy a block of central city land to turn into an International-style fresh food market.

A revised plan to retain vehicle access on Victoria St has jumped its first hurdle, in spite of a petition pushing to make the area car-free.

Lincoln University's vice-chancellor Professor Robin Pollard has refused to elaborate on why he said the university would be "dead" in a year.

When the average Canterbury child turns 5, they have had at least one tooth decayed, extracted or filled. Gabriel Stuart looks into why this happens.

Barriers have been installed in Sumner to stop Pokemon Go players driving up onto the footpath to play the popular game.

A front made its icy way up the country, bringing with it snow, sleet and freezing cold temperatures with winds of up to 120km/h.

A Dunedin mother fears for her daughter's safety after she was knocked unconscious by the same teenager in two assaults in as many months.

An ambulance officer is being treated for moderate injuries after an ambulance hit ice and slid off the road on the Southern Motorway near Dunedin tonight.

A woman says she was left shaking by the "over-the-top" response from Dunedin police after she and her partner were rebuked for opening a drink mid-flight.

Mount Aspiring College's principal says the school will try to continue with business as usual.

Two 13-year-old schoolgirls 'had a scrap'' at McDonald's Restaurant in George St yesterday afternoon, police said.

The 2012km tractor expedition, to help raise $1 million to save Sir Edmund Hillary's hut in Antarctica prepares to cross Cook Strait tomorrow.

A mourning family is preparing for the possibility the man who pleaded guilty to causing a crash which killed Dunedin man Riley Baker may never serve prison time.

Elderly American man died after a bus reversed into him in Queenstown.

Up to three dead cows have mysteriously washed up on a Dunedin beach this weekend.