Summer has ground to a spectacular halt in a number of regions over the past week - is it going to get even worse?

A rural bed and breakfast near Queenstown has been named the best accommodation of its type in the South Pacific.

The Fire Service is increasingly being sent to emergencies when an ambulance has been requested, statistics show.

New Zealand sevens coach Gordon Tietjens has named a clutch of newcomers in his 16-strong training squad.

The father of an English tourist killed in a river-boarding accident has started a group to push to license New Zealand adventure tourism operators.

A short-sharp barrage of rain and hail pummelled Invercargill today leaving the city looking like a scene from mid-winter.

A vigorous front which has hammered the lower South Island with high winds and rain will attack central parts of the country today.

Fire crews are still dampening down hotspots after a bush fire destroyed one house and forced the evacuation of several others in Roxburgh overnight.

Damaging gales have hit the bottom of the South Island this afternoon and are moving north.

A man was reportedly attacked with a running chainsaw while sitting on a lawn of a Dunedin house yesterday afternoon.

An All Black prop from the 70s has died in a jet-boating accident in the Mackenzie Country.

Police are looking for two men in connection with an assault on a Dunedin woman.

A Dunedin woman suffered facial injuries after she was twice assaulted overnight.