Damage assessment begins after ex-Tropical Cyclone Fehi ravaged much of the country.

A group of quick-thinking students saved their flat from being inundated with water.

"It's utterly devastating watching a grown man cry watching his business in flames."

Wild weather across New Zealand: A play by play

"Significant flooding" across Dunedin - and the city's infrastructure is being overwhelmed

Dunedin's streets appear to be flooding. Source: ODT

Wild weather slamming the country has caused flooding, road closures and wild winds.

Yesterday in Dunedin it was 35C - today they're facing torrential rain and school's out.

DoC urges dog owners to be vigilant after rare visitor to Mainland dies.

The two funerals for David Clarke and Anastasia Neve couldn't have been more different.

The huge flower that smells like rotting flesh is growing about 10cm a day.

It's initially thought Anastasia Margaret Neve and her partner died in Dunedin house fire.

Forecast picks heatwave to give way to drenching from ex-tropical storm.

The post mortems have been completed but an investigation is continuing into the fire.

Harry Willis had a steely look of determination as he made his way up the street.

Police are urging residents to keep windows and doors locked at night.

Police say the investigation involves several different versions of events.

When I think back to what happened I remember feeling overwhelming terror, victim said.

Dunedin police are appealing to the public for help to find a missing 15-year-old girl.

Wanaka man died in ambulance while being transported from Dunstan Hospital to another.

​Witnesses saw heat from flames smashing windows and smoke billowing from the roof.

Inquiry is under way after two people die in Dunedin flat blaze.

Woman has spoken of helping a man to safety in a house fire which claimed two lives.

The car crashed off a railway overbridge and plunged down a bank.

Impaled man sent to Dunedin Hospital with serious injuries

Release granted subject to strict conditions, including curfew and electronic monitoring.

MetService says Dunedin Airport recorded a temperature of 35C today - a new record.

Police seek driver after 'completely unacceptable' incident.

Four seasons in one country - heat, thunderstorms and rain on way.

Deaths of guide and his four clients in 1980 led to building of a new hut beside glacier.