A home in Luggate was well ablaze by the time firefighters arrived at the property.

Prominent Kiwis have banded together to demand an independent inquiry into the claims of sexual and physical abuse of children in state care.

Weary passengers forced to wait even longer after plane to Auckland is delayed yet again.

An Otago prison's been put in lockdown after three staff were assaulted by three inmates.

Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon and talk show queen Oprah Winfrey are headed to New Zealand.

A woman was injured after the car she was driving hit a parked car and then "burst into the lounge'' of a Dunedin house today.

A cyclist sustained a serious head injury after being hit by a campervan in Dunedin today. A St John spokesman said an ambulance

A garage owner has defended displaying the Confederate flag after a Dunedin woman took to social media to register her shock at seeing it.

Investigators will interview 'relevant people' after yesterday's explosion that killed a crewman on board cruise ship.

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.

Albatross chick has lost weight after being found riddled with maggots.

A transgender man has admitted violating another man while he was walking home after a night out.

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