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Riverton trainers Graham and Michael Eade look poised for success at today’s Oamaru meeting.

Dunedin police are searching for the driver of a campervan which collided with three parked cars and then drove off.

Emergency services have been called to a serious crash near the Treble Cone Ski area.

Kaiteriteri Beach in Nelson. Photo: NZ Herald A man who photographed teen girls in their swimwear at a beach by using a zoom lens while crouching out of sight has had his conviction quashed by New Zealand's highest court.

Dunedinites decided to put others first today, bringing together a collection of food for the less fortunate in the Octagon.  

A new world-class landing bag will be installed on the slopes of Cardrona skifield this season, as snow sport athletes start working towards securing a podium finish at the next Winter Olympics.

The 44th Queenstown Winter Festival kicks off tonight.   It's the second year of the festival's condensed format, with four days of parties, fun on the snow and a stellar line-up of musicians and comedians.

Over a hundred Southland women gathered in Invercargill on Wednesday night to celebrate a hundred and twenty five years of women’s suffrage in New Zealand.   The Suffrage 125 Southland Womens Forum celebrated a long history of southern women fighting for their rights.

Photo: Getty Images Facebook Inc-owned social network Instagram has launched a mobile app dedicated to user-generated videos up to an hour long, intensifying the competition for consumers' time among ad-supported streaming services such as YouTube.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Beijing. Photo: KCNA via Reuters North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping have come to an understanding on issues discussed at a summit of the two leaders, including denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, the North's state media says.

Under the policy, immigrant children were housed in a tent encampment in Tornillo, Texas. Photo: Reuters The New Zealand Government has welcomed a U-turn by the United States on its controversial policy of separating children from their parents at the US-Mexico border.

Peta Hiku. Photo: Getty Enthusiasm sets the current Kiwis apart from the team who plunged ignominiously out of last year's World Cup, according to experienced back Peta Hiku.

More than 450 patients died prematurely in a British hospital after they were given powerful painkillers with no medical justification, in what a damning report found was a "disregard for human life".

Join us from 7.20pm for live updates from the All Blacks test against France at Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday night.

Join us from 7.20pm for live updates of the Highlanders' match against the French Barbarians in Invercargill on Friday night.

Halfback Morgan Parra will captain France against the All Blacks in Dunedin. Photo: Getty Captain Mathieu Bastareaud has been axed by France as they bid to end their contentious tour of New Zealand on a winning note.

Nearly $30,000 worth of stock has been rustled from a South Otago farm, in what Southern police are calling the biggest rustling in some time.

cyclist_1.jpg A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said they were required to cut a brake cable on the bike to free the rider after the crash about 12.45pm yesterday in Magnet St, near the Otago Yacht Club. Photo: Gregor Richardson A cyclist had to be cut free from his bike after crashing in Dunedin.

Dr Shelagh Isabella Dawson died at her Richmond home on May 9. Photo: Via NZME The former partner of a Christchurch woman at the centre of poisoning allegations says he feels "bloody good" to be alive.