Alexander Parry, 20, was last seen near Nelson Hospital.

Dr Nick Smith said they rubbed rat poison in his face. The video tells a different tale.

Nuzest director Geoff Ashenden talks star ambassadors and how the business came to be.

Families were in tears after discovering loved ones' headstones cracked or kicked over.

A teacher has been ordered to apologise or pay $100K to a principal for alleging bullying.

For a brief moment, National's Bill English knew what it felt like to be Donald Trump.

Bereaved Kiwis are carrying the shoes of their lost loved ones around the country.

Environment Minister Nick Smith rejects conflict of interest claims over funds for a dam.

Fisherman Tyler Stokes who lied about father's death to pay back fraction of $170k lost.

Fire engulfed a Nelson property with one person suffering burns.

Tributes flow for 'caring' mum who died after allegedly being stabbed at a party.

Neighbours recall tale of woman who jumped to her death in 1967 after killing her husband.

The robbers were armed with a shotgun and stole cash and cigarettes.

Kumeroa is wanted in connection with the aggravated robbery of a Nelson dairy.

Armed pair rob dairy of smokes and cash before fleeing in flash wheels.

A heartwarming brotherly reunion for the ages - 35 years in the making.

Nelson police found 1.2kg of meth when they stopped a car in Murchison.

Northlanders are set to be battered by gale force westerly winds today.

Kaleidoscopes of monarch butterflies are brightening Auckland's winter skies.

Two teenagers have been arrested and another boy remains on the run.

The Economy Hub: Regional economies are going strong, but do they get a fair return?

The weather gods are not shining on New Zealand this weekend.

A derelict psychiatric hospital building has gone up in flames in Nelson.

Greens say they will spend up large to try and win in Nick Smith's electorate.

The house was so badly damaged it was difficult to establish the fire's cause

"Extraordinarily immature" conduct has ended with a man's trespass from public meetings.

Firefighters are trying to account for two people who normally live in the damaged home.

An Alpine Fault earthquake could cut the West Coast from the main grid for many weeks.

From today an active front will begin to cross the South Island, moving north.

ASB's latest Regional Economic Scoreboard shows Auckland is struggling to keep up.