Companies are offering their support for an ex-prisoner who wants to turn his life around.

Mark Cropp's face reads 'Devast8' - ink he says he got while drunk in prison.

The September 23 general election will be one of the ''most important'' of its kind.

New Zealand First has now set its sights on regional electorates, including Waitaki.

Arrest made after an Oamaru man was shot in the leg on Sunday.

There were seven crashes, including one fatal smash, on New Zealand roads overnight.

Rare rugby memorabilia belonging to All Blacks legend Charlie Saxton up for auction

Kiwi woman says she never intended to have lots of children - but now she has eight!

A car has flipped in a crash in Oamaru, trapping and seriously injuring one person.

The Anglican priest has been stood aside from religious duties for 'forseeable future'.

Cigarette robberies in the South have been increasing, with a series of them in Dunedin.

Will a local step in to make Pineapple Lumps and Jaffas?

Foreign buyers are flocking to this NZ town, sending prices skywards in the formerly sleepy area.

There was a record downpour in Auckland, a tornado in Taranaki and "quake lights" above Wellington. Oh, and 2016 was likely also New Zealand's hottest year on record.

Animal control officers were alerted to a "large, rogue goat" that was reported disrupting traffic in Oamaru.

An Oamaru man who caused a five-car smash that left five injured and one dead was a learner driver and had smoked two bongs before getting behind the wheel.

Oliver Briggs gave his competitor a head start in the men's slalom heats - next minute, he was "flying through the air".

An Oamaru man remains in a serious condition in Dunedin Hospital after being shot in the head at close range by a fishing line shooting machine.

Police are investigating after a milk tanker ran off the road in North Otago, killing the driver.

It's been a lifetime in the making, years in its construction, but Dot Smith's fantasy castle is nearly ready.

A man arrested on Friday night and then given bail on Saturday morning went on an alleged crime spree in Christchurch, Oamaru and Dunedin.

Designers from all over the country - and sometimes from overseas - will show off their skills and their imaginations in June in Oamaru.

A 13-year-old Oamaru girl involved in a fatal crash has described the harrowing moment a car hurtled down the footpath towards her.

A 17-month-old boy is in Starship after a television allegedly fell on him at his Oamaru home this week.

Police are not commenting today on how a 14-month-old baby suffered serious injuries in Oamaru.

A man and a woman accused of disposing of the dead body of a child at Oamaru almost five years ago have been granted interim name suppression.

Police have praised the actions of members of the public who rushed to the aid of an Oamaru teenager hit by a car at a pedestrian crossing on State Highway 1 yesterday.

A man who died in a workplace incident near Oamaru yesterday has been named by police.

Police said the driver of the car has died at the crash on Oamaru-Alma Rd.

Police have released the name of the man who died when a tractor rolled yesterday.