The victim collapsed in a pool of his own blood and was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition where surgeons worked to save his limb.

Police have serious concerns for a missing 25-year-old Christchurch woman who has not been seen for more than a week. Lydia Grace

Scott K MacLeod spends three days shivering and hobbling his way along the Motatapu Track.

National MP for Rangitata Jo Goodhew will quit Parliament at the election after being dropped from Cabinet.

Police have released more information about the movements of a woman who has been missing since December 22.

The pair, who have had troubled upbringings, have been ordered to stay away from each other for two years.

Police were delivering flyers about missing woman Shelly Crooks today in Punakaiki and nearby Fox River.

A collision between his mountain bike and a tree means West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor won't be clocking up airpoints anytime soon.

A West Coast woman was granted final name suppression after she was convicted yesterday on two counts of forging a document for financial gain, defrauding others of $30,000.

Batten down the hatches, another southern storm bears down on the country.

Four pedestrians were robbed at gunpoint in the early hours of this morning.

A fish and chip shop owner's trip to the bank took a gruesome turn when he spotted an elderly man floating face down in the water near Rocks Rd in Nelson.

A small Southland town has been completely cut off after this weekend's wild weather.

Whatever happened to summer? Cardrona Alpine Resort woke up to its heaviest summer snowfall in living memory yesterday, 30cm covering the base.

Eleanor Ainge Roy swigs, slurps, munches and nibbles through a food safari.

Summer may still be on the cards - but expect the cool temperatures to linger for at least a few more weeks.

But the good news is that the bad weather should clear by Sunday and hopefully we'll be on track for some real summer feels.

It might be the middle of summer but that hasn't stopped the snow from falling.

Amazing pictures show a massive slip blocking a major South Island route as wild weather wreaked havoc on the West Coast today.

A Swedish couple have survived a terrifying ordeal after they were swept down a flooded South Island river.

NZTA is prioritising clearing Lewis Pass, the main transport link between Picton and Christchurch since November's big earthquake.

Christchurch police are investigating two incidents in the city, the latest was when a man entered a tavern yesterday with a sawn-off shotgun.

A BP 2Go service station owner has blamed cigarette tax hikes for an increasing number of burglaries and ram-raids on service stations around Dunedin.

Fed up with severe smog, Chinese tourists are swarming abroad to countries with "clean air" on their latest travel trend: "lung cleansing" tours.

A Dunedin man who burned down his family home four days after his marriage fell apart has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.

Nicholas Birch had been out of prison less than three weeks when the lies started again.

Strongman mine disaster happened 50 years ago next week. Paul McBride catches up with the five surviving members of the Mines Rescue teams.

A notorious fraudster who lied to a judge in court, in what is thought to be the first case of its kind, has been jailed for nearly two years.

A Toyota Altezza was set alight in a carpark near Invercargill.

A teen mum-to-be has received a stern lecture from a judge after she was caught drink-driving midway through her pregnancy.