NASA is heading back to Wanaka to launch its super balloons which orbit the globe performing scientific monitoring.

NASA has confirmed it will return to Wanaka to launch it's super-pressure balloon which will see the 18.8 million cubic foot balloon

A 98-year-old cruise boat and her Whangarei boat shed are up for sale, an offer its owners say is "as rare as hen's teeth".

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There's no slumming it in the McCaw household, as the newlyweds continue to celebrate married life in beautiful Central Otago locations.

Tourism continues to boom in New Zealand with spending by domestic and international visitors approaching $26b for the past year.

There's a strange side to one of the country's wealthiest citizens.

The helicopter company involved in the rescue at the Blue Pools near Makarora on Sunday is offering a free helicopter ride to the

Richie and Gemma finally say "I do" surrounded by friends and family in Wanaka.

It seems someone important is getting married at the Olive Grove venue in Wanaka this weekend.

Another twist in the marriage saga of the country's most famous glamour couple as the pair fly out of Queenstown.

McCaw has been spotted out and about in Wanaka this afternoon - without a wedding band.

Speculation was rife last night that Richie McCaw and Gemma Flynn married at a private ceremony in Wanaka.

Police are "generally pleased" with behaviour at New Year's Eve celebrations across the country and say there were no significant issues or incidents reported.

Party-goers who attended an unauthorised event on Lake Wanaka's Ruby Island claim safety was paramount.

Any of the drunken teens who partied on a Wanaka island yesterday could have drowned, say despairing authorities.

The death of a young Czech man who fell several hundred metres on Mt Aspiring is "tragic", the Mountain Safety Council says.

A man has died after falling several hundred metres on to the Therma Glacier at Mt Aspiring.

The best spots for enjoying a Christmas hamper outdoors will be in the Bay of Plenty, Nelson and Central Otago tomorrow.

A woman lost on a track near Wanaka used the last remaining battery on her cellphone to call for help.

Former All Black captain Richie McCaw treated McLaren supercar fans to a guided chopper flight to Minaret Station yesterday. The

Three young children have been treated in hospital for potentially-deadly meningococcal disease.

A man has been injured after the chopper he was in crashed outside Wanaka.

Farming entrepreneur Colin Harvey has put his 6,639-hectare Lake McKay Station up for sale.

A weather balloon with cameras attached has captured a stunning view of Central Otago from the sky.

The young man who died in a fatal crash near Wanaka had just finished school and was about to start a new job.

Police name the victim of yesterday's fatal crash in Wanaka.

A car has collided with a tree in Wanaka. A police spokeswoman said St John paramedics were at the scene and had called police

Hundreds of people in Auckland and Otago are being given preventive antibiotics

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.