Emergency services were called to the mine in the Blue Spur region last night.

The families said they accept advice that going further would be expensive and complex.

The fire broke out shortly before 4am on Otago Anniversary Day.

The 17-year-old admitted two charges of careless driving causing death.

The remains were found by trampers on the "toe end" of Bonar glacier on March 19.

Today the team began injecting the first of two doses to frontline health workers.

There's a multi-million winning Powerball ticket on the loose in the city.

A fire has ripped through City of Ink on Riccarton Rd this morning.

'Misinformation and conspiracy theories are circulating' - health expert.

Police are on a hunt to identify the attacker after an assault in Queenstown.

The Canterbury DHB has issued an apology for what it says was a coding error.

The group attempted to rob a Dunedin car yard.

Leftover shots are being given to people working near vaccination clinics.

The 68-year-old had been missing for six weeks.

Pompallier College's principal has urged any other abuse survivors to come forward.

"We haven't finished yet," recovery mission leader says.

No charges had been laid yet but a person of interest has been identified.

The female punched the man in the head to get him out of the house.

The play, Things I Know to be True, has already opened and runs throughout April.

Faiz Ali was killed at a central city address last month.

Samuel Moses Samson is on trial in the High Court at Invercargill.

Yesterday, three wild oysters were found to be infected with Bonamia ostreae.

Cheap European frozen chip exports are threatening New Zealand's own industry.

The median rate of scanning was just 10 per cent.

47-year-old Dwayne Keats, a rapist on parole, was employed by the Salvation Army in 2017.

Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle crash about 10.41am.

A $10 million boost was announced for youth mental health and addiction services.

Coal miner John Pattinson died reading his Bible.