Heavy rain is expected across NZ this week in the wake of Cyclone Debbie

Now it's the South Island's turn to struggle with travel woes for air passengers.

Police called the result disappointing, saying no one should be selling alcohol to minors

Weather for Adele's concert tonight forecast to be worst of star's three Auckland dates.

Shoppers in the big centres won't be able to spend up during Easter stat days.

Visitor appears in Nelson court to admit two charges of careless driving causing death.

A warm, sunny week is expected across the North Island before the weather takes a turn for the worse on Friday.

Police are treating the death as unexplained.

Police executed the search warrants in an effort to reduce social harm from drugs.

Multiple passengers have reportedly been critically hurt, with two dead, in a three-vehicle crash.

A 36-year-old man is recovering in Nelson Hospital.

A man has had surgery and is recovering in Nelson Hospital.

The man spoke to a child in the Nelson suburb of Enner Glynn

Labour has still not settled on who its new MP will be if Jacinda Ardern wins the Mt Albert by-election on Saturday.

Burglars help thems-elves in Lord of the Rings jeweller break-in.

A burglar used a rock to gain entry to a Nelson jeweller, taking off with several pieces of jewellery. Police said an offender entered

An online car dealer who took deposits but failed to supply cars to at least 16 people has now paid refunds to at least three complainants.

An elderly Nelson man who was reported missing after failing to arrive in Westport yesterday has been found alive and well.

A man has been flown to hospital with multi-trauma injuries after his car collided with the back of a truck near Nelson this morning. It's

A fully equipped home on wheels and a week of sun thrills Anna King Shahab.

The elderly man who died at a Nelson beach on Monday evening despite attempts to rescue him has been named.

An elderly man has died at a Nelson beach, despite attempts to rescue him.

A fish and chip shop owner's trip to the bank took a gruesome turn when he spotted an elderly man floating face down in the water near Rocks Rd in Nelson.

Police are investigating allegations of an elaborate online car sales scam.

South Island police are concerned for the wellbeing of two missing people and ask anyone with information to contact them.

More than 20,000 students asked for an emergency derived grade following the Kaikoura earthquake.

The Kaikoura earthquake badly hit tourism spending in the region but national figures are brighter.

Campground owners have been forced to increase security as freedom campers are parking nearby, then waltzing in and using their facilities for free.

Big swells predicted to surge up the eastern side of New Zealand from Kaikoura to north of Mahia Peninsula

A knife-wielding man wearing a balaclava tried to steal cigarettes and cash from a Nelson service station this morning.