Laine Priestley

In the aftermath of an earthquake that caused widespread damage and deaths in Japan, one New Zealand woman recounted her experience of being in the country when the quake hit.

Queenstown residents’ new year started off with a bang when multiple properties were evacuated due to a fast-spreading blaze sparked by fireworks.

The summer break does not seem to be putting a damper on the couch-burning antics of the student quarter.

A missing teenage passenger from a cruise ship was found just in time after a search in Dunedin, police confirm.

A missing teenage passenger from a cruise ship has been found after a search in Dunedin, police have confirmed. 

Firefighters were called to put out a burning couch in Dunedin's student quarter overnight. 

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is urging people not to let off fireworks this New Year, following a long history of a busy night for crews nationwide.

A much-loved Dunedin attraction is back and better than ever following a three-year hiatus.

Port Otago has welcomed back a weekly shipping service from the world’s third-largest shipping service, after a four-year hiatus.

A tree falling into power lines cut electricity to hundreds of people in the Dunedin suburbs of Bradford and Kenmure today. 

Petrolheads from all over the South Island flocked to Beachlands Speedway last night to watch many of Otago and Southland’s finest rally drivers battle it out on the track.

Boxing Day sales nationwide were down this year — however, in Otago it was a different story.

The assault of a bus driver at the Dunedin bus hub on Saturday was just another case of "villainy", a witness to the attack says.