A surly swan is terrorising a stretch of Nelson's Maitai River - chasing kids, harassing a woman with a pram and having a hissy fit at a kayaker.

A severe weather warning has been issued as heavy rain and gales are expected to hit areas across the country.

We quiz some of New Zealand's best winemakers to find their tipples du jour.

A Nelson teenager has been arrested over a vicious attack in which a man was left for seven hours in a pool of his own blood.

Without even a goodbye another KiwiSaver scheme has slipped over the side into oblivion.

The manufacturers of the Bombardier say yesterday's Blenheim incident was the third one of its kind worldwide in less than a week.

NIWA's latest seasonal outlook predicts temperatures in all regions are likely to be above average from October to December.

A keg of beer was pulled from the wreckage of a sports car which crashed head-on into a milk tanker, killing two teenagers.