Otago

Part of State Highway 1 is closed and drivers are being asked to avoid the area.

Police are calling for anyone who witnessed the crash or has dashcam footage to contact them.

Strong southwesterly winds may reach severe gales in exposed places, MetService says.

The apex predators are being found from 2000m altitude right down to sea level and are so strong that one broke out of a trap - twice. Audio

The person was found by a specialist search team at the Manapouri house.

The All Blacks will face England on Saturday, 6 July, in Dunedin - here's everything you need to know.

A Wānaka couple do not know where to begin with the clean-up at their flood-damaged home.

An Otago lines company says it cannot give "cast-iron" assurance that selling Aurora Energy will get a premium price - but expects it will be well sought after.

Heavy rain filled a Wānaka developer's water retention plant to over-capacity, forcing contractors to release water onto a road, flooding gardens and threatening homes.

Police say its thoughts are with the victims' friends and family.

New treatments for chronic pain offer hope for many doing it tough with "terrible" long-term disabling symptoms, medical experts say. Audio

The New Zealand Transport Agency in warning drivers to be careful on the roads on Monday as bad weather is forecast to hit the lower North Island and parts of the South.

Aurora fans have been treated to an unexpectedly bright display lighting up the skies, with photographers capturing the lights as far north as the Bay of Plenty.

There were 59 cases of vandalism in a year, with the toilets at one park targeted 17 times.

Councillor Sarah Browne says even she is stressed about the incoming bill but it does not mean the council should put it off.

Emergency services are currently trying to retrieve the body.