Otago

The dogs of Christchurch will be strutting their stuff on stage this weekend in the first-ever Colombo Dog Fashion show. Audio

Two police officers who faced a knife-wielding attacker in a Dunedin supermarket last year have been awarded for bravery.

Police have released further footage of the man who attempted to kidnap a woman in Christchurch earlier this month.

Toxic mould has been discovered behind the cladding of a council-owned building in Queenstown.

A Wānaka helicopter company has been ordered to pay $380,000 for a crash in 2018 that killed three people.

Hundreds of Tertiary Education Union members rallied during a two-hour strike at the university's main campus in Dunedin, starting their march in steady rain with plenty of umbrellas and rain jackets.

Christchurch vape store has been left with a big clean up after being hit by a ram raid overnight.

Firefighters say it's likely they'll still be battling a 200-hectare bush fire on the slopes of Mt Creighton, near Queenstown, into tomorrow.

Eight helicopters are continuing to fight a massive fire about 20 kilometres out of Queenstown.

Police are appealing for information after a man was stabbed in Dunedin on 7 October.

A man behind a highly sophisticated cannabis cultivation of nearly 1000 plants has had two years slashed off his sentence.

Central Otago fruit growers are stressed about a polar blast which brought snow to sea level elsewhere in the south.

A second cold front is forecast to bring fresh snow to sea level in Dunedin and Christchurch tonight, with up to 20cm expected to fall on higher parts of Banks Peninsula.

A qualified neurosurgeon could be lost to the South, after Lucas Rakasz failed to convince a district court judge to immediately accredit him to work in this country.

Waitaki Boys' High School's grounds are being swallowed by the sea, with up to a metre and a half now lost each year.

A Central Otago inflatable water park may not be able to open this summer due to a clash over road safety.

Investigations into the disappearance of Moana, who has not been seen since December and whom police believe has been murdered, are ramping up this week.

Tourists in Queenstown arrived before the workers did this winter - putting businesses on high alert.

A scrub fire started by a burning car coming down from the Remarkables near Queenstown has now been contained.

There were more than 600 jobs on offer in Queenstown at a recruitment event last night but only roughly 100 prospective employees to fill the vacancies.