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 owner of a Dunedin business fears he might have lost everything.

Residents oppose golf challenge and hire facility at Otago Harbour.

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.

Police say the investigation involves several different versions of events.

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

Otago rivers are dry in some sections but farmers are still fighting against restrictions.

Mother says she has lost faith in doctors and hospitals following her son's death.

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.

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.

Teacher went to a funeral not realising she had left a 4-year-old girl in the van.

Teenica Harrex suffered extensive injuries after a motorbike crash in Bali.

After a heavy drinking session he headbutted his Dad in the face.

Otago University excludes group after vomiting and head shaving occurred during initiation

Like a scene out of Minority Report, police down south are door-knocking offenders.

Officers are being forced to listen to NWA and Rage Against the Machine.

"Mostly they've been not threatening ... but occasionally I get a bit freaked out": Owner