About 200 people have fallen ill after a significant gastro outbreak on a cruise ship.

Tourist blames too many cherries for alleged dangerous overtaking move.

A brick church and water tower linked to an old psychiatric hospital also made the list.

Japanese doctor accused of causing Boxing Day crash in Lindis Pass is allowed to fly home.

Wind shift threatens houses as tinder-dry grass goes up in flames.

Tourists lose all belongings - including passports - as bus goes up in flames.

Couple sought over fire at Skippers campsite make contact with police.

Joy and Graeme Atkinson have learned that kindness goes a long way.

All Bowie wanted was a rabbit - instead he spent a hungry night alone.

Two helicopters called to help firefighters put out 25ha blaze.

One house engulfed in flames and another threatened by 400m-wide grass fire.

Pensioner Warren McKenzie was stabbed in the chest 3mm from a major artery.

A driver has been critically injured after a truck and trailer unit crashed and rolled.

A group of people threatened an employee with a knife and stole cash

A video shows the vehicle flipped on its side at the bottom of a bank.

Central Otago businessman who has been jailed for 12 years had previous convictions.

Rain around the country will ease by the end of the day.

UCOL nursing graduates are finding success in the working world.

Emergency were working frantically to rescue "screaming" people from "mangled" vehicles.

Temperatures are set to "yoyo" the week before Christmas, the MetService warns.

A body found in Lake Wanaka has been identified as a 26-year-old from Tauranga.

Heavy rain is forecast for the Otago coast and Fiordland, but only showers elsewhere.

In 1964, Lynette Smaill's parents said no..In 2017, she said yes.

The famous couple were spotted eating breakfast at a cafe in the tourist town yesterday.

The Megaupload founder has been fighting extradition orders for almost six years.

He held his phone over the top of the woman's cubicle, angling it down to record her.

The Chief District Court Judge has refused to 'defend' comments made by a colleague.

Glenorchy woman escorted from Queenstown Lakes District Council chambers.

Up to 6000 New Zealand babies could benefit from the findings of a New Zealand study.

It turns out wonder-app isn't the best helper when it comes to sexual health advice.