Stewart Island is a true Kiwi wilderness, says Eloise Gibson.

The New Zealand public has chosen the winner of the Doodle 4 Google 'I love football' competition.

A senior Queenstown police officer is facing a code of conduct inquiry after being caught speeding in the Kawarau Gorge.

A woman seeking a late-night snack was shocked to find a demonic face carved into one of her tinned pears.

Queenstown is preparing for the worst as the swollen Lake Wakatipu threatens to burst its banks and flood the CBD.

Queenstown businesses are being warned to brace for potential flooding as more heavy rain is predicted over the next two days.

More stranded trampers will be flown out of flooded walking tracks a day after 120 were evacuated from the Milford Track.

Boaties are being asked to check their vessels for hitchhiking seaweed, after a noxious Japanese kelp turned up in Fiordland.