Timaru man Darryl McNee, 44, went missing at the beginning of May. The bones washed up on a beach have been identified as belonging to him.

A mission to recover the 13 4WD vehicles buried in snow on the Old Man Range looks to have been successful.

Mainland New Zealand's largest yellow-eyed penguin colony is in "dire'' need of protection from crowds of tourists

Days after Labour and the Greens signed an agreement to work together, Little became the first Labour leader to speak at a Green Party conference.

You can see more than 30 winning entries at the World of Wearable Art and Classic Cars Museum on the outskirts of Nelson's CBD for $24 (adult).

A West Coast farm worker who fled to Australia after being charged with the rape of a young girl has today been found guilty on all charges.

Shaun Innes, 39, was jailed for almost three years after being convicted of manslaughter over the death of a man during a robbery gone wrong.

Owners were reported to be attempting to retrieve their snow-buried cars today, but no progress has been made.

A Glenorchy man has been found guilty of kidnapping three men and assaulting one of the trio in Queenstown in late 2014.

Southern district police commander Superintendent made the order in a staff "advisory bulletin'' on March 7, an Official Information Act request has revealed.

Lotto's latest millionaires celebrated with takeaways when they learned they had last Saturday's winning ticket.

A fleet of ambulances and helicopters rescued seven tourists from a motor vehicle crash on the Haast Pass road, State Highway 6, about 10km north of Makarora yesterday.

Driving past the orchards, wineries and small agricultural towns of Otago brought to mind trips through California's Central Valley.

Seven people have been injured, three seriously, in a crash north of Makarora this afternoon.

Clothing hanging too close to an open fire is the likely cause of a house fire near Portobello on Monday night.

Labour's West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor won't say whether he supports the new agreement between Labour and the Greens.

Work and Income offices in Linwood, Sydenham and Hornby in Christchurch have been closed after receiving threats.

A trial to install a security camera in a residential Christchurch suburb to deter sex workers from plying their trade has been extended.

If Ashburton Council doesn't halt sale of land with aquifer, residents will take ECan to the High Court for a judicial review.

Firefighters have been applauded for their efforts to get a man out of a burning car in Christchurch late last night.

An Otago man who was blamed for a 72ha fire near Kurow this summer has yet to learn whether he will be forced to pay the more than $60,000 bill he received.

A man was left unconscious and with serious injuries after a group of people attacked him in Nelson, early on Sunday morning.

A house on the Otago Peninsula was "extensively damaged" by a fire overnight.

The rebuild of Canterbury's schools has been allocated more than $276 million over four years as part of Budget 2016.

MetService has issued snow warnings for South Island's Lewis Pass, Arthur's Pass, Porters Pass and Lindis Pass this evening which could continue to tomorrow morning.

The area has just endured its wettest May ever, smashing a 139-year-old record.

The helicopter company involved in a horror chopper crash at Fox Glacier that killed seven people has been grounded over safety concerns.

Road Safety Week focused on heavy vehicle safety down South with 1000 heavy vehicles stopped and 104 infringement notices issued between May 16 and 22.