Police in Christchurch are urgently seeking sightings of a missing 79-year-old woman. Police say it appears serious injuries have been sustained in a crash on State Highway 1 just north of Ashburton ...

A Southland man has been fined $400 for harassing a sea lion in an incident that appalled nature lovers in the Catlins earlier this year. One person is dead after a two-vehicle crash on State Highway ...

A two-year ban from Dunedin Airport for holding up a small sign is "disproportionate", a climate activist says. It was a chilly start for many in the South yesterday, with widespread reports of black ...

Two Northland teens have been arrested after allegedly stealing a car and threatening shoppers with a machete during a failed ...

Burnham Camp’s fire station is back to 24/7 operation for the first time in 18 months. Due to low staffing levels, the station has been operating only 8am-4.30pm Monday to Friday, with volunteer crews ...

Students living in an area notorious for night lurkers are afraid to walk alone there after another bizarre incident. Pressure is mounting on the government to release the business case it says ...

Santana Minerals has been warned that activity on Bendigo Station is breaching the Central Otago District plan in three ways. The race is on with two candidates putting up their hand for the mayoral ...

The West Coast’s Reefton Distilling Company has announced a $2 million capital raise to scale its Moonlight Creek whisky production. Working a four-day week reduces burnout and improves job ...

Thousands of dollars donated by New Zealanders for families in Gaza is being withheld by PayPal, and no reason has been given ...

British pop star Ed Sheeran is returning to New Zealand’s shores as part of his Loop tour early next year. The ‘Shape of You’ singer will ...

A bomb scare caused commuter chaos on an Auckland motorway this afternoon after a suspicious item was found near a dead man's ...

The family of Emma-Jane Kupa, an 11-year-old fatally knocked from her bike by an angry and intoxicated drug-using driver, wants her killer given a longer sentence. Changes to a decades-long needle ...