David Bain will have to meet an "extraordinary circumstances" test in his bid for compensation for wrongful conviction.

Paralympic gold medallist Adam Hall and his family say they are "basically coping one hour at a time" after the shock death of his mother.

Paralympic gold medallist Adam Hall and his family are in the "depths of despair" his mother died in a car crash.

Mother of Paralympian Adam Hall, who last month won a gold medal for NZ, killed in accident.

Chinese-backed interests are reported to also be looking at up to 100 dairy farms in Otago and Southland, plus a factory.

Nature's Wonders brings the Otago wildlife in close, writes Brett Atkinson.

The grieving families of two teenage boys killed in separate crashes have spoken of their loss.

The death of a Waimate man brings the number of road deaths since the start of the Easter holidays to 22.