He was born during the Great Depression and grew up during World War 2, so Bob Fairhurst knows what tough going is. And it is not at the ...

A Japanese tourist was celebrating his second anniversary with his wife in Queenstown when they got into a fight over a ...

The World Health Organization has raised the risk of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola turning into a national outbreak in the ...

An award-winning $2.1 million refurbishment at the Dunedin City Council shows self-serving bureaucracy in action, a councillor says. Cr ...

The night sky we share online is not quite the one we actually stand beneath.

There is a call to suspend data centre approvals in Australia while authorities determine the true impact of the artificial ...

Police say they're assessing independent legal advice in relation to the unsolved killing of Lower Hutt toddler Baby Ru.

The government has announced a $1.58 billion investment in maritime security, ahead of the Budget. Defence Minister Chris Penk said the ...

Central Otago district councillors will have to resolve a decade-long debate on the flow rate for the Manuherikia River if Falls Dam is to ...

A bridge closure that split Dipton in two prompted residents Carina and Phil Wilson to step up and lead a community solution to a community ...

Clutha looks set to breach a self-imposed cap of 20% for rates increases. Clutha District Council’s draft annual plan included a proposed ...

A driver is dead after their vehicle went off the road near Clydevale, in South Otago, overnight. Police say emergency ...