A Gore-born farmer, lobbyist and ex-politician was surprised to win an award recently after only putting forward a nomination in the hope it ...

The Hokonui Culture Feast has been named a finalist in the 2025 New Zealand Event Association (NZEA) Awards. The Culture Feast is a finalist in ...

A woman struggling to breathe early on Christmas Eve called for an ambulance, but died before one arrived more than four hours later. An ambulance crew arrived at Barbara Rose McG ...

Chanel opted for muted tones while Armani sent sparkling creations down the runway at the Paris fall-winter haute couture shows.

The fine sweeper - a camera-covered car that catches out overstaying parkers - has snapped more than 5000 vehicles in five months.

Investigations are continuing after a woman was hit by a car in central Dunedin yesterday morning, resulting in both her and the driver being ...

The Reserve Bank has held the official cash rate at 3.25%. Ahead of the announcement on Wednesday, the central bank was widely tipped to be ...

A new project backed by film-maker Sir Peter Jackson aims to bring back the extinct South Island giant moa but a zoology professor says any ...

Selwyn District Council’s longest-serving councillor is calling it a day. Springs Ward councillor Debra Hasson has spent 30 years on the ...

Otago and Southland renters have been hit with whopping rises over the past year as rents fall elsewhere in the country. The owners of a stolen American bulldog puppy have been reunited with their ...

A Timaru lumberyard and its sole director have been ordered to pay $450,000 after a worker was crushed to death.

Southland district mayor Rob Scott says he is “stoked” the Local Government Commission is investigating his audacious proposal to combine Southland’s four councils. In August last year Scott went ...