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.

The body of a person thought to be a diver who went missing in Otago waters yesterday has been found. Police divers found the body

A new report about the collapse of a balcony at a student concert in Dunedin has revealed a number of failings.

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 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.

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

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.

The financial cost of smoking couldn't be more stark in this image posted online.

The pair, who have had troubled upbringings, have been ordered to stay away from each other for two years.

Glass bottled, pasteurised full-cream milk "straight from the vat" is making a comeback.

A tree has fallen and power lines are down on Queenstown-Glenorchy Rd, leaving the road blocked in both directions.

A 2am Tinder rendezvous has led to a Dunedin woman being jailed on harassment charges, a court has heard.

A small Southland town has been completely cut off after this weekend's wild weather.