Most financial advisers mention just one KiwiSaver scheme when they give advice.

The operator of a new low-rise development joined to a historic hotel predicts it will command New Zealand's most expensive new hotel room rate at $10,000 a night.

A Wanaka man has been charged with ill-treating an animal after a cat was shot.

A police officer cleared of repeatedly punching a teenager has laid a complaint with the IPCA.

Persistence paid off for an Otago man during the weekend, who won $333,333 using the same Lotto numbers he's been playing for almost 30 years.

A heavy snow warning is in place for parts of the country and some main roads have closed.

Complaint to Conservation Minister says Fish and Game New Zealand has opposed a project in order to protect its own commercial interests.

The smile on Poppy McConville's face said it all. It was because she had been able to compete alongside her fellow pupils in the annual race.

Make sure you wrap up warm for the next few weeks - frigid temperatures are set to make August the coldest month of the year.

A Dunedin street has become an unlikely tourist attraction, after people have shared photos on social media of a bizarre optical illusion.

Singer/songwriter Anna van Riel pens an ode to her favourite spot.

Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull is vowing to defend a $500,000 defamation claim, after being served with legal papers while walking down the street yesterday.

A hunter who got lost and spent two nights in freezing conditions in the Blue Mountains has vowed to return to the area for some unfinished business.

The hunter missing in Blue Mountains of South Otago has been found.

Debris from a rock fall at the Devil's Staircase, near Queenstown, has blocked off part of the road.

Search and rescue teams looking for a missing hunter near Balclutha have called in search dogs tonight.

A Central Otago man craving chocolate was so angry a vending machine failed to produce the goods, he turned to his Black and Decker grinder.

A speeding car crashed off a Dunedin motorway while its driver was fleeing from police tonight.

Floods and ice around New Zealand are hitting school holiday travel plans.

Named for a local tribe, a branch of the Waitaha people, and Ngati Mamoe.

Three inexperienced surfers are counting their lucky starfish after getting caught in a rip and being sucked out to sea yesterday.

One in three motorists will drive further to buy cheaper fuel, according to a nationwide survey of our service station habits.

These places will prove to be the cherry on top of your Otago holiday.

An investigation has begun after allegations a female prison officer at the Otago Corrections Facility had a relationship with a male prisoner.

Members of the Dunedin police force scaled the world's steepest street, Baldwin St, with the torch marking 75th anniversary of women in the police force

Nearly $60,000 was spent rescuing 38 people stranded after their 4WD vehicles became trapped in snow in Central Otago.

Nothing says Kiwi bloke more than a black singlet. We look at those characters in our culture that have helped ingrain that image

Study shows that Aucklanders are most likely to have experienced road rage than any other city.

A Canadian wept as he was sentenced today for careless driving causing the death of an 81-year-old woman near Owaka.

Investigators seek cause of overnight blazes.