The driver, captured in footage shot on the Crown Range, ignored repeated efforts to make him pull over.

New Zealand is getting a lot of love from visiting celebrities, with Oprah Winfrey the latest to share stunning photos of our country.

Farmers in Central Otago hope a new method of biological control will give them some respite from the rabbit problem.

Spending 48 hours in a scenic town with a head cold isn't so bad, Susan Strongman reports.

Celebrities Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling are ready to "snuggle some sheep" during their stay in New Zealand. Witherspoon, who

NASA is heading back to Wanaka to launch its super balloons which orbit the globe performing scientific monitoring.

NASA has confirmed it will return to Wanaka to launch it's super-pressure balloon which will see the 18.8 million cubic foot balloon

A 98-year-old cruise boat and her Whangarei boat shed are up for sale, an offer its owners say is "as rare as hen's teeth".

COMMENT: Peter Thiel makes for good copy, but the nub of the issue over his freshly revealed citizenship is straightforward: How'd he get it?

There's a strange side to one of the country's wealthiest citizens.

The helicopter company involved in the rescue at the Blue Pools near Makarora on Sunday is offering a free helicopter ride to the

Richie and Gemma finally say "I do" surrounded by friends and family in Wanaka.

What kind of gift to give New Zealand's golden couple could be tricky.

Wild weather threatens to dampen the wedding of the year in Wanaka, with gusty winds and rain forecast.

It seems someone important is getting married at the Olive Grove venue in Wanaka this weekend.

Another twist in the marriage saga of the country's most famous glamour couple as the pair fly out of Queenstown.

McCaw has been spotted out and about in Wanaka this afternoon - without a wedding band.

Speculation was rife last night that Richie McCaw and Gemma Flynn married at a private ceremony in Wanaka.

Any of the drunken teens who partied on a Wanaka island yesterday could have drowned, say despairing authorities.

The death of a young Czech man who fell several hundred metres on Mt Aspiring is "tragic", the Mountain Safety Council says.

A man has died after falling several hundred metres on to the Therma Glacier at Mt Aspiring.

Queenstown and Wanaka are expected to be the hottest.

What will start out as a cloudy morning for most of the country should clear as the Christmas day wears on, but the odd shower is in store too.

The best spots for enjoying a Christmas hamper outdoors will be in the Bay of Plenty, Nelson and Central Otago tomorrow.

A woman lost on a track near Wanaka used the last remaining battery on her cellphone to call for help.

Former All Black captain Richie McCaw treated McLaren supercar fans to a guided chopper flight to Minaret Station yesterday. The

Three young children have been treated in hospital for potentially-deadly meningococcal disease.

A man has been injured after the chopper he was in crashed outside Wanaka.

Farming entrepreneur Colin Harvey has put his 6,639-hectare Lake McKay Station up for sale.

A weather balloon with cameras attached has captured a stunning view of Central Otago from the sky.