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.

A notorious student pub in Dunedin closed to avoid riotous farewell celebrations at tonight's All Blacks test match.

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.

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.

Did the banks give F&P a rough ride?

A man who allegedly ordered a taxi as a getaway car after abandoning a stolen vehicle in a police pursuit will appear in Dunedin District Court today.

A competition is being run as part of the New Zealand International Science Festival to discover what makes the deep south's long-time favourite snack so good.

Most New Zealanders want Special Air Service (SAS) troops withdrawn from Afghanistan, a poll has found.

The extent of the damage across flood-stricken Otago is starting to become apparent as swollen rivers recede.

The rain has stopped falling in flood stricken Otago and Hawkes Bay, but the regions face a big, expensive cleanup.

A large landslip swept through a campground where up to 42 people were sleeping in flood-stricken Central Otago early today.