With million-dollar homes, great views and access to biking and walking tracks, Cashmere is popular among house hunters on Trade Me.

They said they lost their jobs or medical practices, but it did not persuade a judge who said they were not being physically restrained and inoculated.

Swoop Aero will fly medical supplies between Westport and Greymouth and use Christchurch to test its concepts for flying around cities.

Four fire trucks rushed to the house just before 3.15pm and found it engulfed in flames.

The council's order came as the author of a controversial book – which the occupiers are using as the basis for their claim to live on the land – said “they should pack up and go home”.

A blunder by Addin Fonua-Blake gifts the Cowboys a try and the lead.

Both people were taken to Waikato Hospital and one was arrested.

Carter admits he's 'buggered', but wants to travel to the Pacific to hand over the money he has raised.

Gary Oldman is magnificent in his first recurring TV series role in more than four decades, while Donald Glover's critically-acclaimed drama is back.

REVIEW: Featuring a treasure trove of archival footage, this investigates all those tragic tales that have swirled around movies like The Wizard of Oz.

Two sex workers have each been jailed for more than two years for swindling three elderly men out of more than $250,000 with a “multitude of lies”.

Years after a campaign to revitalise a small Otago town ended in land being snapped up, a community group has successfully – and secretly – rejuvenated it.

"Violence and shooting and killing – that’s all fine, but if there is a naked breast…"

A coastal community is kicking off the football season with its first ever women’s team.

A man who alleges he endured a night of captivity and violence says he considered turning on his captors and fighting his way out.

A South Island psychologist who had contracts for ACC work has lost his practising certificate.

The Highlanders are in charge with their sixth try scored in the dying minutes.

As project bosses grapple with how to keep within the $533m budget, they warn it will also be a challenge to get the stadium open by mid-2025.

A shock resignation rattles Eroad shareholders, while My Food Bag gets a boost after releasing some results.

The Napier-based family thanked those who had supported them, including the thousands who had signed the petition for them to stay.