Particpants in the meet up helped extract two people from the crashed aircraft before emergency services arrived.

Two letters received 37 years apart from a British broadcasting icon, now hold special significance for one Blenheim family.

The woman, in her 50s, was knocked to the ground and bleeding from the head after being hit about 8.20pm on Friday in Christchurch.

As Wellingtonians bask in a rare balmy August weekend, it's a good time to reflect on the “big snow” that dumped down exactly 11 years ago.

More wet weather is set to drench the country - and it could last all week.

Alone at his home, a rural resident felt threatened by a man who was taunting him. He picked up his gun, and is now facing jail time.

There are no tanks in the streets, and yet trouble seems to be looming for the New Zealand democracy, Kevin Norquay writes.

The strong "rotten" smell which neighbours had complained about has also gone.

New case numbers show a daily low since the Omicron outbreak spread quickly throughout New Zealand earlier this year.

ANZ says the outlook for house building has hit a brick wall, with escalating costs and workforce shortages causing problems.

The new ambassador to NZ says Ukraine is outnumbered and outgunned by Russian forces.

Falling house prices have prompted some low-ball offers - but true deals are hard to find because sellers are not desperate, agents say.

The condition of those involved in the crash, on Kopu-Hikuai Road near the Tairua River Bridge, is not yet known, police say.

Taranaki Bulls captain Mitch Brown summed up the team’s performance in one sentence: “We weren’t good enough.”

Olympic gold medallist Emma Twigg was inspiring the next generation of young rowers at the Clifton Rowing Club, in Waitara, on Sunday.

Deon Swiggs, who served the central ward on the Christchurch City Council from 2016 to 2019, is one of 31 candidates vying for a seat at Environment Canterbury.

The exhibition highlights artists and ideas previously ignored or overlooked in public galleries, with art by women, queer artists, and people from different cultures.

Invercargill’s new hotel is still searching for five chefs to employ just weeks out from being fully opened.

Fans at a Southland-Auckland National Provincial Championship rugby game were evacuated after a burnt cheese roll triggered a fire alarm.

The search for Gregory Flavell, 18, entered its fourth full day on Sunday, but Navy divers using sonar equipment didn't find any clues.