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

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has been enjoying an active holiday.

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

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.

A Cromwell builder's five years on the job helped when it came time to tackle his own home.

A truck driver was sentenced in Dunedin District Court today on 22 charges.

Children who learn to read at age five are unlikely to be better readers than children who learn to read at seven, according to new research.

Well the weather outside is certainly not looking frightful this Christmas with NZ's Christmas Day forecast looking more and more positive for most people.

Tying the knot is positive for the mental health of both men and women, according to a New Zealand-led international study.