Drug and drink binge led to aggravated assault and a jail term.

The underage user booked a Dunedin property for a party.

Shame or stigma means people don't always report abuse happening within their family.

People using bores in the Lower Waitaki plains area are advised not to drink the water.

The crew was called to the handy location on Thursday morning.

Judge rejects claim teenager tried to stop violence.

Fire engine crashed, brigade man's skull fatally crushed after malicious false alarm.

Effectiveness of K5 virus in killing rabbits has failed to impress Federated Farmers.

Locally produced pork is fighting Lotto tickets, imports and holidays to get on the plate.

The initiative is aimed at high-risk offenders to give them access to intensive therapy.

Matt Lauer in 2016 convinced officials he was a suitable owner of Hunter Valley Station.

Statistics show more and more Māori and Pasifika students training to become doctors.

Some parts of the city could resemble New York, Edinburgh or even Thailand.

Federated Farmers: Farmers need to be prepared to fight for their livelihoods

The Waitaki bid now has until November to put together a complete application to Unesco.

Sam Duffy was jailed in 2013 for indecent assault, sexual violation of two girls under 10.

Let's talk about the wine and the view, says Jesse Mulligan, from his oversized bath.

Bluff man had millions of oysters removed after outbreak of deadly parasite.

The man's lewd escapade on a Dunedin beach led to a brief police search this morning.

Bunnings has stopped selling a panel heater and the supplier has issued a recall.

Police are treating the death of a man found on Brighton Beach as unexplained.

Northeasterlies and rain spread down North Island during long weekend.

Missing girl could be anywhere in lower South Island, say police.

Man who took hammer to a fight at Dunedin boarding house ended up in worse condition.

Victim sustained two black eyes, but what happened after fight was very unexpected.

He also drunkenly assaulted the man's wife and had a racist rant in front of his daughter.

The man slipped a folding blade out of his pocket and slashed it at the victim's throat.

A man who apologised to his victim online after raping her has been found guilty.

He's the controversial, larger than life web mogul and she's the young law student.

Dunedin man and his heavily pregnant partner had a lucky escape while driving home.