The Latest Breaking News from South Island

Ridiculously picturesque, with award-winning eateries and bars, the New Zealand South Island towns have more to offer than just adventure sports, restaurateur Penelope Johnson says

Colossal Biosciences has announced a partnership to resurrect giant flightless birds called moa. But the company's recent dire wolf project was controversial, and moa are an even more ambitious target for de-extinction.

As many Wellingtonians will know, kākā can be trouble. New Zealand’s pesky forest parrots have expanded throughout New Zealand’s capital city since they were reintroduced 22 years ago and they are not averse to “modifying” people’s homes to build nests in roof spaces.

A southern city could cop a month's worth of rain across 36 hours, concerning New Zealand authorities and prompting forecasters to issue a rare warning.

At Orepuki, on the remote south coast of New Zealand’s South Island, a bed of riches colour the shoreline, bringing gem hunters from near and far

Two buses carrying Chinese tourists crash in icy conditions on New Zealand's South Island, resulting in 15 hospitalized passengers. The incident underscore...

The buses were traveling in the same direction on a stretch of highway popular with tourists when they slid from the road

The proposed merger of Foodstuffs North Island and Foodstuffs South Island raises the prospect of even less choice for New Zealanders in what is an already heavily concentrated market. But will regulators prevent it from happening?

The west coast of New Zealand's South Island is enduring three days of major rainfall which has brought landslips and surface flooding.