He was a full-time bodyguard for AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd. Then Anthony Netzler saw a chance for an easier payday.

Strong winds have delivered the South Canterbury town its hottest April day, while also causing havoc for crews trying to contain several South Island fires.

As E.coli contamination puts Carterton back under a boil-water notice, residents' patience is starting to wear thin.

A 48-year-old Awanui man has died in hospital just over two months after he was in a car crash.

An hour after police issued a statement saying they had serious concerns for a 'missing'' woman they confirmed she had been located.

One child has died and another remains in a serious condition in hospital after a boating incident south of Dunedin.

"You can never account for stupid people," says the designer of a flower-inspired sculpture that has been damaged by people hanging off it.

Several officers and a forensic photographer attended the scene in Cutts Rd, Russley, where a person was found dead.

A Givealittle page has been set up in honour of 25-year-old Danielle Tamarua, raising more than $10,000 for her partner and two young children in less than 24 hours.

There have been six cases of Covid-19 in managed isolation over past three days, and none in the community.

This Chinese construction worker told Stuff about his illegal work for a concrete company. He says his bosses then sacked him because he was "dynamite" for their reputation.

One child has died and another remains in a serious condition in hospital after a boating incident south of Dunedin.

The car hit gravel at the base of railway lines, became airborne and went over a fence before crashing into a stack of fruit bins.

“We put it on for the truckers, to show off our trucks, for the community and our kids, and to raise money for the rescue helicopter,” one of the organisers said.

For the last 25 years Adrian Pickering has been one of the oldest people travelling to Taranaki to hit the waves for the Easters’ Masters – this year was no different, and he’s 80.

A Queenstown hotel has been three times busier than in recent months, while business on the struggling West Coast is the best it's been this year.

A caravan was on its side, partly blocking the road on the Upper Hutt side of Remutaka Hill, as holidaymakers headed home to the capital.

The woman had protested against Covid-19 measures in Australia and starred in a series of YouTube videos with a notorious conspiracy theorist during her stay in MIQ.

World champions and future mallet masters have descended on Nelson to fulfil their hoop dreams at the golf croquet under 21 nationals.

It was a largely local turnout for this year’s Aorere Enduro event, but the riding lived up to Nelson’s world-class mountain biking reputation.