Latest from South Island

Enraged butcher was chopping veges before using knives to stab wife to death

Peter Lamont will be released from prison and deported to Britain next year.

Medicinal cannabis grower Puro seals Australian deal

The company is highlighting the regulatory roadblocks that prevent distribution here.

Parents stunned after department store charges $25 for Santa photos taken on phone

'Our printed photo was really orange, it made us all redheads.'

Drag pub quiz turns sour after alleged 'racially targeted' remarks

'To walk into a space we thought was safe and then be targeted ... made us sick.'

Inside the Moving Houses mayhem: Host Andy Ellis on ice-cool truckies, dodgy drivers

Moving Houses host: 'It’s pretty scary sometimes. We had a lot of near misses.'

Blenheim homicide investigation launched after woman found dead; man due in court

Police were called yesterday morning.

9 Questions with Kiwi tennis star Lulu Sun: 'I find it hard to connect with someone who isn’t genuine'

'Te Anau truly is a place like no other – it almost defies description ...'

Black Caps face end of an era in McCullum's England return

A three-test series with England will be New Zealand's last marquee matchup for 18 months.

From tin shack to toast of the town: The NZ city with an incredible business leader

Is this the role that every other New Zealand town and city should consider?

A Kiwi industry abuzz: How mānuka honey is finding its sweet spot again

'You don’t want to be doom and gloom your whole life. That's just a miserable way to live'

Coroner finds Christchurch uni student may have got ‘tangled in his bedding’ before fatal window fall

The death of the 19-year-old has been ruled as accidental.

Canterbury school principal mourns ‘wonderful’ teacher aide as police investigate death

The circumstances around the death are being treated as unexplained.

'Auckland’s no one-trick pony': Nine Questions with ... Simon Bridges

Former National leader on his greatest fear, biggest dislike, and a key to NZ's success.

'We absolutely love it': The couple taking drivers on the 'ultimate' US road trip

The couple spend five months a year in America running their business.

Police launch investigation after unexplained death in small Canterbury town

Emergency services were called yesterday afternoon.

‘Fierce' Christchurch lawyer dies in Aussie cliff fall

Lee Lee Heah has died in Australia in a fall from a cliff while climbing.

Warriors' 2025 fixtures: Anzac match in Christchurch, Panthers at home

All the key NRL fixtures for the Warriors.

The Great New Zealand Road Trip: Nine Questions With... Mai Chen

'I do not like sleepwalking through life.'