After 63 years of marriage, John and Nancy Foley died just two days apart, both of heart events.

As a man drove from his home after drinking, his partner tried in vain to stop him.

Vaccine exemption forms supplied by a Timaru GP hold "no weight" according to the Ministry of Health - but she says patients are warned they may be rejected.

The arrival of Tropical Cyclone Dovi this weekend could spell more rain for already sodden parts of the South Island.

A former Southland Stag and Fiji international who assaulted two females in a strip club in 2021 was also convicted of assaulting a female in 2008.

The crash at Waitahanui closed part of SH1, between Taupō Airport and Tūrangi for several hours.

Shots were fired after a fight at an EP launch party, but one of those present says it "wasn't anything to do with us".

No-one has ever complained about a grave being restored, volunteer head says.

The destruction of bridges on the West Coast section of the Great Walk will take months to repair, but the Golden Bay end will reopen from Sunday.

National MP Maureen Pugh said she made the post before realising many of the Convoy protesters were against the Covid-19 vaccine.

A second rain event in a week has left Westport cut off and under-resourced, with flooding much more serious than locals and experts anticipated.

At least six major events have been scrapped from Queenstown's calendar at a time when everyone is already "living on crumbs".

A video is circulating online of an anti-vaccine mandate protester appearing to be dragged by her hair before a police officer arrests her for trespassing.

The rain has eased, but the rivers are still rising, prompting dozens of households to move to evacuation centres and many others to stay with family and friends.

A positive Covid-19 case has been confirmed in Dunedin - the third to be confirmed in the southern region this week.

It was heartbreak again for Westport residents as torrential rain battered the town for the second time in a week, forcing dozens of traumatised residents to evacuate their homes.

In what was overall a gloomy year for democracy, NZ became more democratic and trailed only Norway in the Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index.

REVIEW: No Jaffas were rolled and Tangy Fruit pottles lay undisturbed, back in 1984, as the movie's "Swamp of Sadness" left audiences in shock.

Police have arrested more than 120 people at the 'unprecedented' anti-vaccine mandate protest as campers prepare for their third night in the cold.

One person was in a serious condition after a fire at Kaitangata in South Otago.