His blood alcohol level was the highest the judge had seen in all his time on the bar.

Sir Paul Beresford was in the Palace of Westminster when the deadly rampage began outside.

A car and a bus carrying 16 tourists collided on the Te Anau-Milford Highway.

Police don't know how many people were in car that caught fire after tourist-bus crash.

The identity of the perpetrator who poisoned hundreds of roses in a Dunedin cemetery looks set to remain a mystery.

NZ's economic growth is "approaching its environmental limits", a once-a-decade environmental report card says.

A warm, sunny week is expected across the North Island before the weather takes a turn for the worse on Friday.

Will a local step in to make Pineapple Lumps and Jaffas?

A Frenchwoman has been given a verbal warning by police.

Hurling racial abuse at a man for talking in Japanese during his dinner with his family was not enough for two North Otago brothers.

Autumn's cooler temperatures starting to settle in - but sunshine continues.

State Highway 6 is down to one lane in the Kawarau Gorge after a crash.

30-year-old jailed for at least four years for city attack - and subsequent indecent assaults on two former flatmates.

Photos found on computer showed a 'warped interest', court hears.

A university student is juggling a law degree while remaining technically homeless as she bounces from flat to flat, raising money for a scholarship fund.

Police said today they were aware of footage of a woman who defecated in the gutter in a Dunedin street and inquiries were continuing.

Tourist charged with threatening to kill girlfriend.

Footage has emerged of a woman going to the toilet in a gutter in a Dunedin street.

Two women were asleep when the man entered their Queenstown hotel room about 4.30am to steal cash

The group fighting to keep the Cadbury factory open has appealed to Dunedin residents to turn out in large numbers to a rally in the Octagon today.

On May 9, 2014, Kahu Vincent was continuously beaten and had his head stomped.

There is an effort to overturn the decision to allow American television presenter Matt Lauer to buy the Hunter Valley Station.

The group became rowdier and continued to use obscene language, directed at others.

New Zealand's mobile surgical bus has been making healthcare more accessible to rural communities for 15 years. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Rare cache of paintings by famous NZ painter Frances Hodgkins surface in England

A wild horse had to be killed after it was severely injured in an attack.

More needs to be done to combat the pervasive influence of porn, a visiting expert says.

New Zealand universities have again scored high rankings in the annual QS World University Subject Rankings.

House built by polytechnic students shifted to new site.

A Dunedin shopkeeper fears she will witness another fatal crash.