Sam Neill likes lying low back home in Earnscleugh, but he is coaxed out occasionally ...

The Serious Fraud Office has revealed for the first time how the fraudster was caught.

The three-bedroom timber house was "fully involved" when fire crews arrived.

See whether your region is among those best placed to witness the lunar display.

Water supplies to Waikouaiti, Karitane and Hawksbury have not yet been restored.

The move came three days after her husband was jailed for beating a friend to death.

Svetlana Spectra says finding out about her husband's thefts 'almost killed me'.

A 39-year-old man is on trial before the Dunedin District Court.

More than 70 per cent of union members report experiencing aggression from customers.

The man defrauded Customs for six years and underpaid more than $1.3 million in tax.

Active fronts moving across the country make for a wild, wintry Tuesday.

Man allegedly told woman: "You're going to be a good girl and do exactly what I tell you."

Thirty have arrived and another 50 are on their way.

The snow is expected to settle but not for long.

The person was wearing his clothes and leading his dog.

On one farm, two hunters shot 700 rabbits in two nights. And they're "still everywhere".

Seven people caught up in head-on smash.

"I wave at every single car, every single day of every single week."

"It's either make or break for me, and I want to make it" ... but he broke it.

Three other people remain in hospital.

Benjamin Keach's assault left his victim with an 8cm internal laceration.

Pair jailed 15 months for trail of crime in student sector which started at 6am.

Mark Stephen McNeill was found guilty of indecent assault at a trial in February.

The violent attack appears to have brought out the best, and worst, in the community.

Hours after his appeal for murdering Amber-Rose Rush failed, Skantha was dead.

Routine hull-strengthening work will take place and new rescue crafts will be installed.

"No such, or similar, incident has occurred," a spokesperson said.