A man has died after a car crash in North Canterbury today.

Firefighters are battling to put out a significant blaze at Queenstown's World Bar.

An environmental group says eco-tourism might suffer if yellow-eyed penguins on the Otago Peninsula continue to die off due to set-net fishing.

Three people have been injured in a road accident near Ashburton.

A Dunedin rest home has been found to have breached the rights of a patient when it restrained an elderly man in a chair.

The Canterbury motorsport community is paying tribute to one of its stalwarts.

Fire crews are continuing to dampen down a large fire at the Timaru Port.

Submissions on a plan to allow commercial paua harvesting in Otago and Southland have revealed the strength of opposition to it.

Coronet Peak staff are hoping the ski field's second major dumping of snow within a week is a sign of more to come.

Possible shotgun damage to power infrastructure in the Mackenzie district has meant a planned power outage for around 1700 people.

A win for workers at the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter near Invercargill.