Star National

A young boy died of septic shock in a West Coast hospital after opportunities to save his life were missed by an on-call doctor and a nurse who shouldn't have been in sole charge of the children's ward.

Jed Walker lived his life to the fullest at university. Maybe he shouldn’t have but, as his mother says, "he just got unlucky".

A man who hired a portable cabin from a South Island Hireworx outlet, but then fell behind in his payments, sold it on Facebook Marketplace to an unwitting buyer for a bargain.

Aurora fans have been treated to a bright display this week, with photographers across the South Island capturing the spectacle.

A woman bashed with a hammer in a shopping centre car park after she questioned why a child was eating cigarettes says the attack was the “saddest day of her life”.

NZ psychologist and TV presenter Nigel Latta has died after living with cancer.

A 43-year-old man had been driving on the wrong side of the road for some time before his vehicle collided with another containing two Australian tourists on Saturday.