Two South Island hotels are looking forward to big spin-offs after appearing on Conde Nast Traveler's 'Hot List'.

Jill Worrall continues her journey south through the Catlins, the remote coastal region that straddles Otago and Southland.

Two decades ago it was mostly only Otago and Southland locals who knew about the Catlins, but the secret's now out, writes Jill Worrall.

Danielle Wright takes her train-mad son on the historic Kingston Flyer for a unique history lesson.

Tame Iti and his colleagues weren't the only ones on trial for the past five weeks. The terrorism claims in the still-unresolved Urewera case have revealed deep divisions over Maori and Pakeha

This coastal area which straddles the Otago and Southland regions is home to penguins, sea lions, permanently wind-blown trees and an eye-opening petrified forest.

Beneath the Catlins mist lurks a wilderness so ancient, it’s like taking a gigantic step back to the Jurassic period, writes Julia Shallcrass.

Two 22-year-olds who failed to report from a rafting trip on the Taieri River in Otago have been found safe and well.