Inflatable vessels were being reinflated when a gas cylinder exploded, killing one.

Lifting your intake of fruit and vegetables can make a difference to the way you feel in just a couple of weeks, a University of Otago study has found.

Kiwi conflict resolution experts have slammed the country's "dangerous double standard" on the Israel-Palestine problem.

An ambulance and rescue helicopter are on their way to the isolated scene.

A quick check of the MyLotto app on Sunday reveals the life of a young Central Otago couple is about to change.

A man who denies indecently assaulting a girl during a school holiday programme can be named today.

AJ Hackett Bungy staff have won praise from police and their boss for their response to a serious road crash outside the company's Queenstown operation.

The sun has come out to play and is here to stay, with a scorcher of a long weekend across the country.

One lucky Lotto player has scooped $18 million in tonight's Powerball draw.

Police have suspended the search for a diver missing in Dunedin tonight.

The man responsible for the deaths of two Mosgiel siblings is a changed man, according to the Parole Board.

Midwives have complained that a lack of safe transfers from Central Otago and Queenstown to main centres is putting "women and babies at risk".

The weather's going to be (finally) glorious for most of the country.

A high-tech tobacco product launched in New Zealand by Philip Morris is illegal, the Ministry of Health says.

A Dunedin mother took her two sons on a family outing with a difference - to commit a burglary.

A man found out about an arsenal of weapons in a Dunedin house after his co-defendant's girlfriend had been there 'in relation to work'.

Wayne Boss' fireworks injury, which may have robbed him of sight in his right eye, has given him a ''new perspective'' on life.

While the eastern region swelters in one of the most rain-deprived Januaries in more than a century, some western areas have been drenched.

Stephanie Holmes finds a multitude of benefits after an uphill struggle.

A "dangerous" manoeuvre led to two Queenstown skydivers being seriously injured on Saturday was probably unintentional, an industry safety expert says.

A light plane has crashed at Dunedin airport.

A Mosgiel woman swindled her ailing father and intellectually disabled brother out of $65,000 while she was supposed to be caring

Katie Burt's ex-partner was jailed for his chilling threats against her. Now her parents are haunted by her death. Rob Kidd reports.

Southern Lakes Helicopters were called to the incident near Te Anau at 6.10pm.

Dozens of teachers were disciplined or struck off last year for sexual, inappropriate or aggressive behaviour towards students.

The Otago Regional Council's very existence is on the line as the Dunedin City Council considers the merits of a unitary council for the city.

A man claiming to have been kidnapped by a judge kicked down his cell door before police pepper-sprayed him.

The victim collapsed in a pool of his own blood and was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition where surgeons worked to save his limb.

Astonishing link uncovered between Kiwi soldier who died in Gallipoli and bloodied Turkish family heirloom.

Scott K MacLeod spends three days shivering and hobbling his way along the Motatapu Track.