The country's top rugby team has come to the rescue after a Special Olympian's prized All Blacks shirt was stolen while he was training.

Molly the labrador has had something of a ruff week. The 13-month-old dog, owned by Kayleigh Holmes, swallowed eight stones recently and had to have them surgically removed.

House star Hugh Laurie has a found a good place to hole up as his debut album Let Them Talk is released to less than widespread acclaim.

Filming began in Bougainville today for Mr Pip, the movie based on the novel by New Zealander Lloyd Jones.

An Oamaru teen has been found guilty of murdering William Lewis after a jury rejected his claim of self defence.

A cattle truck driver killed when his truck and trailer rolled on SH1 north of Kaikoura has been named.

The Easter holiday road toll now stands at three after a 19-year-old man was killed in a crash in Otago this morning. The two occupants had to be cut from the vehicle and one man died at the scene.

A crash involving a truck and a car has downed power lines on State Highway 1 in south Canterbury.

Police have named one of two men who died in a horrific crash near Oamaru in north Otago this morning.

A man is dead and another is in a critical condition after a horrific crash north of Palmerston, Otago, this morning.

In what could be a first for NZ, a council is looking to sell subsidised cloth nappies from its front desk.

Oamaru's red waterfront sheds have a story to tell, writes Don Donovan.