Ian Gregory Wells from Roxburgh died after getting into trouble while diving.

Aged 70, dentist David Evans is taking a break after 40 years, but don't say 'retirement'

Mike Zhao-Beckenridge's loved ones have turned to psychics for answers.

Temperatures fell almost a degree below zero at one weather station.

Police want to hear from anyone who saw an older-model Ford leaving the area.

Traditional air traffic control towers will be gradually replace by new technology in NZ.

It was the second fatal crash today; a person also died after a crash in South Canterbury.

A 23-year-old man was hospitalised after an attack in Invercargill.

Polytech and vocational training leaders meet in Manukau tomorrow to map a survival plan.

Overseas driver had been caught driving at 140kmh just two days before crash.

No one shrugs their shoulders or says "I dunno" in Katie Pennicott's class.

A person has serious injuries after an alleged assault in Invercargill.

Chanel Lee Simmonds, 27, died while at a birthday party in Invercargill last night

An Invercargill man has died following an alleged assault at a rugby club overnight.

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

This week we are publishing the full Amber-Lee Cruickshank case podcast transcript.

A priest had to "shimmy'' down a fire escape this morning.

A Southland home was badly damaged by a blaze that tore through it overnight.

The Herald visits the southernmost mosque in the world.

Fisherman collapsed and died in the water as horrified wife watched on.

11-year-old Hunter Dunnage got the Christmas surprise of a lifetime this morning,

Crime reporters Sam Hurley and Anna Leask look back at some of the year's biggest cases.

Killer's court statement draws ire of groups that battle domestic violence.

Survivor Garry Duggan's reaction to the man who tried to kill him.

"If I'd been a physically weaker man, there would be no one here to tell you."

Cop who executed his wife and tried to kill her new lover has been jailed for life.

Husband searched online for cheap rifles then took gloves, handcuffs, radio in bag

Cop called his children after shooting their mother.

The offenders were aged between 11 and 16 years old.

Horrific video of a kitten being stoned in New Zealand has emerged online.