The latest Ministry of Health targets are a mixed bag this quarter.

Water bottling companies are paying an average 500 times less than ratepayers for water.

The 27-year-old was due back from a solo hunting trip five days ago.

Police are searching for a Swedish hunter who has been missing for two days.

Scientists find high temperatures and the potential for large geothermal resources.

A mother's plea has been answered after her baby's blanket was stolen from a washing line.

Three trampers rescued from steep cliffs near Franz Joseph Glacier.

Tyke the tabby has not stopped purring since being found after a long two and a half years

Greymouth bar manager taken to hospital after man sets dog on him.

Vandals slashed the tyres of 30 vehicles in Greymouth, and carved up two sports fields.

Video taken inside the Pike River mine drift four months after deadly explosion.

Fitting town for Coaltown Blues performance. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The man spent a cold, wet night in the bush after getting lost in bad weather.

Whangaparaoa was drenched with nearly five times its normal April rainfall, figures show.

A Fiordland crested penguin rescued in 2014 will live out its days in a Sydney zoo.

After defying the odds, Gari, a Fiordland Crested Penguin, will make Australia home.

There is more information yet to come to light about Pike River, a victim's mother says.

The body pulled from a car that crashed into the Buller River was that of a man aged 40.

Several people suffered arsenic poisoning at historic West Coast mine sites, says DOC.

Pike River families say they are being shut out of plans to re-enter the coal mine.

Low-decile schools are slowest to join new a scheme that funds extra teachers

A young rock climber who died tragically on Monday recently told of his love of climbing.

Two Hokitika men had a lucky escape from a fiery microlight crash on Saturday.

Two men have been hurt - one seriously - after a microlight aircraft crash in New Zealand.

There is a $5k reward for anyone who can confirm the South Island kokako is still alive.

Police have released the name of a man who died after a crash near Greymouth on Thursday

A man has died after swimming in a river on the West Coast.

A builder's apprentice died in an accident while repiling a bach.

Legal action by Forest & Bird has prompted a U-turn over the proposed Te Kuha coal mine.

18-year-old builder killed in workplace accident on remote West Coast property.