Otago

Georgina Lawson and her husband Willie farm 3000 sheep at Merton in North Otago. Last year, Georgina launched a line of 100 percent woollen coats made from the clip of their farm's Romdale hoggets.

Carl Longshaw, 68, was sentenced to home detention for neglect of a vulnerable adult .

Power authorities are being accused of putting finances ahead of public safety, after telling a man a rotten pole may not be replaced for up to a year.

The trial of a technician accused of murdering Dunedin man Gurjit Singh has been set down for three weeks in November next year.

A jelly sculpture stuffed with boiled eggs, peas, luncheon meat and gherkins popped up on the menu at a pizza joint. The owners never expected they'd have to make one.

Two crew members were rescued by helicopter and the skipper taken to Dunedin Hospital after the fishing boat hit trouble. Audio

A Jetstar aircraft has been forced to re-route mid-flight due to rough conditions - the carrier's second flight to encounter flight troubles this week.

People evacuated from their homes are now being allowed back after hours of work from firefighters.

Mt Cook Alpine Salmon in the Mackenzie District began experimenting with caviar three years ago and is in the midst of its short harvest period. Sally Murphy caught up with the company's chief…

It was an "out-of-control situation" and the young people at the party should not have to live with the pain and guilt, Sophia Crestani's father says.

The council cancelled the vigil for Enere McLaren-Taana shortly before it was due to start, saying it was "not appropriate".

Five children and a baby involved in a two-car crash were taken to hospital by police as no ambulances were available.

The school principal of a Dunedin teenager fatally stabbed last week is cautioning students not to illegally share the name of the 13-year-old murder accused.

Another partygoer at the flat where Sophia Crestani died said many people came close to death that night.

A tenant at the flat where she died said they had "kinda had a thing", and that he did not want to believe it when first told of her death.

The tenants had blocked off other exits, sealed up doors, and put plastic on the floors to protect their belongings.

The group will be tasked with developing short, medium and long-term options to improve the culture at the bus hub.