New information has re-focused interest on a man who was at the Lake Wakatipu house with the family but who gave inconsistent information to police.

Football Ferns coach says keeper Vic Esson will "remember this penalty save for ever'' in front of her Christchurch family and friends.

But construction of the new road is on track to start in 2025.

Emergency services were called to the intersection of Brougham and Gasson streets in Sydenham just after 7pm following reports of a serious crash.

Restoring the Waiwhakaiho River, zero waste gigs, wool water filters and stopping the decline in kiwi numbers are among the achievements of this year’s winners.

A person has been airlifted to hospital with moderate to serious injuries after a vehicle crashed into the side of a building in Westport.

Only one other person stopped to check on the boy, says the woman who stopped to get him off the Hamilton road and find his caregivers.

Details are hazy about who stole 1300 litres of Abandoned Brewery's “weird and wonderful” beer, but the owners aren't drowning their sorrows.

It's a cliffhanger house on a very steep section, but why did no-one foresee that slicing into containers would compromise their structural integrity?

The long-awaited $39.9m Hornby pool, library and service centre is the latest city council development facing cost increases and construction delays.

Ardern, who tested negative for Covid, spent the day in Vietnam promoting Fonterra and the Fifa Women's World Cup.

Try out nutrition, flavour and texture-packed seeds in this springtime tart, free-from slice and spiced chocolate biscuit.

Sport creates a place where people can be proud of their culture even if they may be disconnected from it, an academic says.

REVIEW: Making his TV debut at the age of 76, the former Rocky star displays a heady mix of vulnerability, machismo and magnificent comedic timing.

Business interest was low in the $3.45m contract to design and build the new seating bleachers at the Caroline Bay Soundshell in Timaru.

The forensic investigation of digital devices carried out by police has uncovered the source of the threat – a student at the school.

An economist expects Tiwai Point’s aluminum smelter will stay open beyond the next power deal, and says Invercargill is now in a better position to soak up job losses if it did close.

An assault on a man out walking his dog in Christchurch was witnessed by a couple who told detectives they heard an argument in the seconds before.

Experts say anyone coming across a banded sea krait should steer well clear of the protected species.

Million-dollar campaign, packed with IT puns, aims to shift Kiwis' thinking of what the region has to offer visitors.