A Dunedin woman who came to grief on black ice was trying to overtake a grit truck, police say. The 51-year-old was travelling behind a ...

By Kate Green of RNZ Nurses union members want better nurse-to-patient ratios and a return to hiring every graduate, as they prepare to strike ...

A Dunedin man has been jailed after urinating in a supermarket where he was shoplifting. Thomas Aleni, 25, appeared in the Dunedin District ...

An Israeli minister has hit back at New Zealand PM's comments that Benjamin Netanyahu has "lost the plot," accusing him of being unable ...

Dame Jacinda Ardern, Chris Hipkins and Grant Robertson have refused to appear, leading the Royal Commission to cancel a public hearing.

The Children's Commissioner is calling for the urgent closure of Gloriavale Christian School on the West Coast, saying she has zero confidence ...

A holster worn on the hip which sterilises needles each time a farmer vaccinates cattle is the idea of a University of Canterbury student ...

A woman has been killed and a man is critically wounded after being shot by police in the Christchurch suburb of Bryndwr.

Police say they shot a man before a woman threatened officers with a knife in the Christchurch suburb of Bryndwr.

About 25 people were left confused and waiting after a mayoral candidate did not turn up to his own campaign meeting in Alexandra ...

Tip your hat to the imagination of these Dunedin primary school pupils. Maori Hill School pupils used everything from pom poms and candy ...

Countless books have been lost to frigid waters after a morning frost burst a pipe above a Dunedin bookshop. Yesterday, stacks of books and ...