The West Coast, Queenstown and Wānaka are shaping up to have the pick of the weather for New Year's Eve celebrations. A ...

The West Coast, Queenstown and Wānaka are shaping up to have the pick of the weather for New Year's Eve celebrations today.

Warning: distressing content. Former American TV show host Matt Lauer is being linked by animal rights activists with alleged abuse during shearing at Hunter Valley Station near Lake Hāwea. Two young ...

Fire crews are responding to a well-involved house fire near Wānaka. Warning: distressing content. Former American TV show host Matt Lauer is being linked by animal rights activists with alleged abuse ...

Foodie-farmer Nadia Lim says she is aiming for a more "relaxed and casual" atmosphere at Christmas this year - with only a 20 ...

The Drug Foundation says people are lining up to have their substances tested on the first day of Rhythm and Vines. Two ...

A nurse has been hospitalised with stab wounds after attending a callout to a property in Rotorua. It is believed a man has ...

Two people have died in a two-vehicle crash north of Mangaweka in the central North Island today, brings the holiday road ...

With the holiday road toll season upon us, ODT editorial artist Austin Milne recounts how his father was killed by a drunk ...

A Dunedin man is spending Christmas Day cooped up inside a motel, as the date to move back into his flood-damaged house keeps ...

Fire and Emergency are warning people to be mindful of the products they purchase over the summer period with lithium ...

A family-owned restaurant in the Far North is making sure people who could have gone hungry today will instead go home full ...