Queenstown police drafted in officers from Wanaka and Alexandra to help shut down a rowdy party more than 300 people attended.

It's going to be a wet in the North Island but best get the woollies out if you head down south.

Govino New Zealand director Prue Kane talks about taking on an established drinkware business and the greatest lessons she's learnt.

After five months on the run, Henry the rooster has been caught - thanks to a honeytrap.

Scary dashcam footage has been filmed by a South Island truckie, highlighting the dangerous driving of some Kiwis on our rural roads.

Manapouri man had left for the Falls Dam area yesterday but failed to return.

Three experienced divers went for a dive this morning but one did not surface.

A rescue helicopter has been sent to the scene where a hang glider has crashed into a cliff in Canterbury.

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

Senior Constable says three anonymous letters about Middlemarch residents have been written with a "poison pen".

Henry the wily rooster dodged a bullet yesterday and had his deadline extended.

One trapped after car crashes right behind fire station.

Two men are lucky to be alive after they emergency landed a helicopter in rough terrain on the Southern Alps.

Preloading party-goers are causing the lion's share of trouble for police.

Driver involved in alleged hit and run in Queenstown has been located.

Police are looking for the driver of a silver station wagon after it was involved in a hit and run in Queenstown tonight.

A 400sq m bush blaze is burning beside a rural road near Ashburton.

A bounty to confirm the South Island kokako is still alive has led to 40 possible encounters.

The CDHB will not renew its contract with Compass Group, the supplier which sparked street protests in Dunedin.

Engagement presents were stolen from the home of Tactix captain Jess Moulds.

The mum searching for her son's stolen ashes has been going to pawn shops in a bid to find clues.

A grateful community says thanks to the volunteer firefighters who fought the recent blazes in Christchurch.

It'll be a beautiful day in most parts of the North Island today.

NBC television journalist and host has bought property near Queenstown.

A Dunedin man has been jailed for attempted murder.

Thousands have reported feeling the two big quakes in Canterbury.

Witnesses said the Givealittle recipient came close to hitting several children playing on the footpath.

Police are appealing for help to identify this man following a break-in at a liquor store in Invercargill.

Lotto winner so stunned on learning of his change in fortune, he pushed an empty trolley around a supermarket for an hour - and bought nothing.

The 4.8 quake struck 20km southwest of Cheviot at 10.19am.