The tragic deaths of two children shot by their father could have been prevented if NZ and Australian police shared information on earlier criminal convictions.

A transgender Oamaru woman has been ordered to serve a jail sentence in a men's prison, despite a request for home detention.

A man injured in a fall at Speight's Brewery earlier this week has died.

There were tears at a Dunedin private school yesterday as principal Melissa Bell, who last year recovered from aggressive breast cancer, announced her resignation.

Cyclists burn gourmet calories on a pedal into heavenly countryside, writes Pamela Wade.

The South Island's first gold rush town is resplendent with colourful characters, writes Paul Rush.

Former children's television presenter Olly Ohlson lost his cool over the Government's handling of his red-zoned house in Christchurch and moved to Dunedin.

A stretch of road in the South Island is one of the 22 most dangerous in the world, according to a British driving firm.

Sarah Lawrence and her teenage son have a wheely good time in Central Otago.

A Queenstown kapa haka performer who blackmailed a migrant taxi driver by accusing him of rape has been sentenced to nine months' home detention.

The collapse of the Southern District Health Board's computer system could affect elective surgery and other procedures at Dunedin Hospital.

A month after his marriage fell apart, Edward Livingstone had moved about 70km south of his family - a wife he was barred from contacting and children he could see only under supervision.

The death in Dunedin of two young children at the hands of their father sent David Fisher in search of a monster. He found something more unsettling - a man.

Australian-listed Origin Energy is bullish on the potential of exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Caraval prospect off the coast of Oamaru.

The children of a Dunedin man killed by one punch are pleased his death is helping to prevent similar acts of violence.

Cancer has not dampened British tourist Chris Burrows' spirit for travel and neither has the theft of his belongings - including vital medication.

Police are investigating an alleged historic indecent assault involving a former Otago Boys' High School teacher.

The Australian mountain ash at Orokonui Ecosanctuary, which is recognised as the tallest tree in New Zealand, has grown half a metre.

A hotel manager who said he worked 100-hour weeks and was owed more than $8000 has had his claim dismissed by the ERA.