On the day DHB fraudster Michael Swann was sentenced police found a boat hidden in a shed.

NZ scientists have recreated the face of a 2500-year-old Turkish peasant with technology they hope could be used in court in coming years.

After nine days at the bottom of a 60m cliff without food or water, Rusty the collie rewarded his rescuer by almost licking him to death.

Police searching for missing 40-year-old Dunedin woman Gayle Dianne Heath have found a body.

Queenstown schools are closed with drivers urged to take extreme care on central South Island roads after heavy snow fell in the area, with more expected.

Encouraging a mother to spit on her baby may not sound like good science, but it is the basis of a world-first study in NZ.

Dunedin student pub The Garden Tavern, known as Gardies, will close its doors for the final time this weekend after being sold to Otago University this year.

A teenager on home detention chased a police officer with a nailgun in the Otago town of Cromwell early this morning, before crashing during a police pursuit.

Trail riding is increasing in popularity in New Zealand.