Queenstown landowner chainsawed down tree-house built by Australian without permission.

Those in search and rescue often put their lives on the line. These are their stories.

A car has flipped in a crash in Oamaru, trapping and seriously injuring one person.

A motorist has developed a high-speed method for dumping furniture.

Fog in Christchurch and Dunedin is affecting flights this morning.

Rabbits have proven an unlikely ally to another bothersome pest: venomous redback spiders.

Man who paid $50 for a 13-year-old to perform a sex act on him can now be named.

Oamaru's Harbour St got the World War I treatment during filming yesterday.

Driver who took police on 700km car chase sentenced at Christchurch District Court

Mechanic seriously injuried after being caught in the hydraulic arm of a rubbish truck.

Small tourism businesses are on a roll but facing higher costs and recruitment problems.

Firefighters say a person was found in a burning house this morning.

Mayors have taken their concerns about irresponsible camping to the Prime Minister.

Making it an offence to feed kea was just one of the many ideas put forward.

Wires securing the pole were cut in what the trust says was the work of an ''extremist''.

Two schools and a kindy were locked down before the incident was resolved peacefully.

Lockdown lifted at Tokomairiro High School.

The Anglican priest has been stood aside from religious duties for 'forseeable future'.

Cigarette robberies in the South have been increasing, with a series of them in Dunedin.

Search resumes for Nicola Hedley, who vanished from a Dunedin party on Sunday morning.

Heavy rain and bad conditions meant police were concerned for the woman's wellbeing

Resident says he feared someone would die when the party got out of control.

Police were called by neighbours to the party attended by about 300 students.

Mt Ruapehu looks likely to get a slight dusting of snow when the cold front hits overnight

Stalker's victim angry over community-work punishment.

Woman had a three-year affair with businessman and harassed his wife.

Grab the wet weather gear as rain is on its way, and high winds are set to hit.

Fault line could cause an earthquake as destructive as 2010's Canterbury quake.

The car weaved among traffic on a Dunedin motorway with police in pursuit.

Frenchwoman bitten three times by shark while bodyboarding in the Catlins.