A freshly-elected Otago councillor quit after an online campaign - now nobody is prepared to put their hat in the ring to replace him.

Two climbers missing on Aoraki/Mount Cook were likely caught in a large ice avalanche and are not believed to be alive, police say. An ...

Funerals have been held for the youngest and oldest victims of a mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach as the community continues grieving ...

Hate preachers who promote violence will face tough new penalties and people who spout racial hatred will be at risk of having their ...

The gunman who killed two Brown University students in the United States remains at large, and there is no indication that authorities have ...

A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesman said it was aware of the fire in Hilton Rd and had received several calls about it. The fire was safe and under control, he said.

England have had a review reinstated after the operators of Snicko admitted their error wrongly denied the tourists Alex Carey's wicket on day ...

A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesman said it was aware of the fire in Hilton Rd and had received several calls about it. The fire was safe and under control, he said.

A leading epidemiologist says a plan to ditch an online tool tracking respiratory illness is short-sighted, and will leave a big gap in surveillance.

From playing music on the back of a truck to growing so big it had to be held in secret, "folkies" will soon celebrate half a century of ...

For the past 10 years Dunedin Dream Brokerage has been finding homes for art projects in empty urban or retail spaces throughout Dunedin.

Graphic art has long been a feature of Knox’s work, as evidenced by his videos and album covers. When a stroke robbed the King of New Zealand indie music — and his public — of his primary form of ...