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Emergency services have rushed to Fox Glacier where two people are believed to have been trapped under collapsing ice.

Much of New Zealand sweltered in unusually hot weather today, with reports the mercury topped 40 degrees Celsius in Christchurch.

Men meeting for sexual encounters and spying on others at Nelson's Rabbit Island run the risk of bringing stigma on the gay community, says the president of the Nelson gay group Spectrum.

Tennis fans queuing up to watch Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer at the ASB Classic today were greeted by a noisy protest.

LATEST: A man has suffered burns to his face in an acetylene explosion at the Port of Nelson.

A woman who was allegedly thrown off the Collingwood St Bridge in central Nelson to be "taught a lesson" plummeted about six metres to the water below.

English rugby may have teamed up with romance publishers Mills and Boon to publish steamy stories about rugby players, but it would seem that a New Zealand footie-based bodice ripper would be a wor...

A mob of drunken youths went on the rampage, terrifying campers at Opunake Beach early yesterday morning.

Israel said it has agreed to the principles outlined by Egypt for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip but that the two have yet to iron out key details about how it would be implemented.

Hundreds of embattled Palestinians have ventured outside to shop for food during a three-hour Gaza truce, a first step toward an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire under discussion by Israel and Hamas.