Teams welcome back their NZ Heartland XV players for games going right down to the wire.

Colin McCormick, 44, died last month after being hit by a car.

Rugby World Cup squad with some Super Rugby regulars is too strong for the amateurs.

Only West Coast and North Otago still unbeaten after two games.

Mountain rescue team pluck rowi kiwi from cliff after adventurous bird goes wandering.

Environmentalists hail Govt move to reject hydro scheme on pristine West Coast river.

Family says the Christian community tried to separate them to control them.

First round of games honours memory of All Black and Heartland legend Sir Brian Lochore

Five more days of rain, Auckland. Can you do it?

A big rockfall near Haast has closed an important alpine route.

$15 million Airbus H145 choppers start service tomorrow in Christchurch and Dunedin.

High winds have ripped off a preschool's roof and lightning has struck a tree.

Transport Minister welcomes airline pilots' association offer of help.

Revelations come after a long legal battle.

Large waves in addition to king tides will make for some gnarly wave action.

C.J. Bodhi Brian White-Sinclair died on July 9.

A person has been killed in a crash on the West Coast this morning.

The dry, mild winter continues, but change is looming.

You don't get all that lovely green scenery for nothing, New Zealand. More rain on way.

The 1080 bait was damaged during flooding on the West Coast, then taken to the landfill.

The Defence Force is going on rubbish duty on the West Coast.

Drivers warned to take extra care driving to work.

The past six months have been the direst on record for the upper North Island.

'It's beggars belief the Police never looked at Scada beyond the first blast.'

The onboard doctor advised the man needed hospital treatment.

Two mothers appeal for review of double murderer's case.

Slow progress as experts comb mine where 29 men died in November 2010 disaster.