A member of the Ranfurly Fire Brigade has died after a horror crash in Otago.

The road is closed and diversions are in place.

Investigation finds steering failure led to crash which injured nine tourists.

A Dunedin couple's wedding invitations were delivered nearly a month after the big day.

A Dunedin sex offender and former youth-group leader will be released on parole today.

'Jam-packed' boxes: NZ Post concedes 1700 posted items went unprocessed

Restaurateurs upbeat as delicacy comes into season.

He stole a plane and vanished into thin air, only to come back from the dead years later.

"They should not be forgotten" says Al Noor Imam Gamal Fouda.

Otago Muslim Assn says victims of terror attack and families not told about service.

Mother of teen: 'I thought she was safe but in fact I was sending her to the lion's den'.

Quirky behaviour comes to the fore as people will try anything to take the jackpot.

Teen not asked for proof of age nor given skin assessment in breach of Health Act.

Suspect in unsolved case reported to police a year before he died, but nothing was done.

'Where are mum and dad?' asks senior council figure.

Curiosity almost killed the cat, and it took cutting holes into a building to save her.

Sex is for the sober, police say, ahead of universities' orientation week parties.

Armed police and officers with police dogs were seen outside the property.

A friend has spoken about Stephanie's love of mountains and her plans to explore NZ.

"The scholarship has given us a focus," says mum of teen crushed at student party flat.

A national cricket coach has dodged drink-driving charges.

Timothy Pridding, a 34-year-old Dunedin mechanic, was last seen in November 1994.

Connor Vickery was tested nearly four times the limit after his spectacular crash.

He was a perfectly healthy baby boy. But then he began to look unnaturally yellow.

Oamaru Meats Ltd hindered by "congestion" just one month after resuming production.

Police say 16 LandSAR members and two dog teams will pick up search at daylight today.

The bodies of a man and a woman were found by members of the public at the weekend.

He told the judge he wrote it as a letter to his former self.

He declared his love and said he was jealous when she had been speaking to boys.