Otago

Flights into space could be taking off from Oamaru Airport as early as this year.

The Southern DHB has apologised for not attempting to diagnose a man's brain injury, 10 years after his devastating car crash.

One person has died and another is seriously injured after a collision between a motorcycle and two cars in Queenstown this afternoon.

Police are appealing for the public's help following a suspicious fire at Union Street in Milton over the weekend.

Police officers in Otago uncovered more than 80 poppy plants during raids last week. The plants are used for opium extraction.

For the first time, people will be able to roll as well as run down the Dunedin Airport runway in an annual fundraiser.

One person is critically injured after a three-car crash in Queenstown this morning.

A policeman praised for pruning a roadside bush in Otago to help improve driver visibility hopes his gardening skills make the road safer.

Mega-floods, up to 40 more days over 30degC and up to 40 fewer frosts a year could be on the way for Otago if greenhouse gas emissions go unchecked, a new report says.

One person is dead after a tractor rolled in the Kawarau Gorge near Cromwell. The driver was given medical attention but died at the scene.

A man who savagely beat his partner then revived her with water to continue the abuse has had his appeal declined.

DOC has commended a ski resort near Wanaka for abandoning its plans for a new chairlift, after it was found the construction would disturb a native lizard stronghold.

National paragliding champion Louis Tapper has set a national distance record after an epic 197km, eight-hour flight from Treble Cone. Video

Residents in parts of the South Island woke to strange yellow skies as smoke from Australia's bushfires drifts over New Zealand.

A pair of trampers thought they had stumbled on to a movie set when they came across a handcuffed man who had been arrested after a manhunt in Alexandra.

The New Zealand Sea Lion Trust is keen to learn more about a recent incident at a Dunedin beach during which a man stabbed a sea lion.

An advertisement using strip club imagery to draw more women into construction careers is tone deaf and could have been done a lot better, a gender academic says.