The Crown has detailed a "prolonged, determined and bizarre campaign" of alleged harassment by a government employee.

A District Council has been ordered to pay nearly $2 million to a businessman after losing its fight over Balclutha's botched Centennial Pool upgrade.

A Frenchwoman has been given a verbal warning by police.

The weekend will be mainly fine across the country.

The Crown says a government employee accused of stalking a businessman for two and a-half years was clever covering his tracks but one small piece of paper gave him away.

Hurling racial abuse at a man for talking in Japanese during his dinner with his family was not enough for two North Otago brothers.

Autumn's cooler temperatures starting to settle in - but sunshine continues.

30-year-old jailed for at least four years for city attack - and subsequent indecent assaults on two former flatmates.

The tourist was given advice on notifying someone of his plans, and any changes to those plans.

Police say the crash happened at 6.20am on the Tekapo-Twizel Rd near the Mt Cook turnoff.

Tony Reid finds campervan-touring a family-friendly experience.

Complainant told court of his growing fear during the ordeal that started over a parking ticket dispute.

Police said today they were aware of footage of a woman who defecated in the gutter in a Dunedin street and inquiries were continuing.

Footage has emerged of a woman going to the toilet in a gutter in a Dunedin street.

Children appeal to Otago students to throw their glass away.

Matt Eaton was hoping for something a bit tastier when he went fishing.

Relief in sight for waterlogged regions.

Malicious campaign of harassment started over a parking ticket, Crown alleges.

The union representing some Dunedin Cadbury workers has denied the accusation that it distributed confidential information during a rally.

Geonet recorded the quake as having struck 35 km north-west of Te Anau at 10.54am.

Two women were asleep when the man entered their Queenstown hotel room about 4.30am to steal cash

The group fighting to keep the Cadbury factory open has appealed to Dunedin residents to turn out in large numbers to a rally in the Octagon today.

Tavern Harewood has been robbed for a second time this year.

On May 9, 2014, Kahu Vincent was continuously beaten and had his head stomped.

A man was maliciously punched and provoked by youths who ran around taunting him in Invercargill yesterday.

There is an effort to overturn the decision to allow American television presenter Matt Lauer to buy the Hunter Valley Station.

The group became rowdier and continued to use obscene language, directed at others.

Since 2006, the driver has racked up three convictions for careless driving.

Police want to speak to two women and a man in a cowboy hat after sexual assault.

Hearing her speak for the first time following the incident was "just wonderful".