Otago

Eight people had to be evacuated, suffering mild hypothermia.

A body has been found during the search for a missing hunter in steep terrain in Otago.

Police are sending a message to students ahead of Orientation Week - "we welcome you to our city, however, please leave any anti-social antics at home".

A disaster economics professor has told Christchurch City Council he believes a planned airport will fail.

Three sites containing historic waste are in danger of slipping into the sea and potentially causing an environmental disaster in the Waitaki District.

The destination management plan is a collaboration involving Destination Queenstown, Lake Wanaka Tourism and the council.

Dunedin City Council is confident it will have more than enough housing capacity into the future after greenlighting new residential zones across the city.

Feature - Kirsten and Holly Landreth work together on Thornicroft Station in the Strath Taieri valley as they advance their careers - and plan a family.

Four people have been rescued from Mt Aspiring Park on Friday, prompting a warning about dangerous river levels.

Dunedin City Council has reached an agreement to save a nationally significant fossil site from commercial mining by buying the land.

Visitor accommodation rules have tightened in the Queenstown Lakes District, but not to the extent the local council wanted.

Dunedin City Council has voted unanimously to fight changes to the city's new hospital, agreeing to fund up to $130,400 dollars for a public campaign.

Ballooning costs mean it might soon have fewer beds, operating theatres and MRI units than promised.

The country's 10 most expensive streets can all be found in Auckland and Queenstown, new research shows.

Billy Barton used to compete with ferrets as a past-time in his native Wales. Now he trains them and a pack of white shepherd dogs to hunt out rabbits and feral cats in NZ's war against pests.

Eleven of New Zealand's leading academics - including Dame Anne Salmond and professor Shaun Hendy - have signed an open letter calling for the plan to be scrapped.

A seriously injured person was flown to hospital and SH1 was closed at Amberley, north Canterbury, following the crash.