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 ...

Homelessness has increased, but by how much is unclear, according to a government report. The Finance Minister does not believe NZers are getting a "raw deal" on butter, but has accepted there is no ...

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 ...

Westland mayor Helen Lash says a $2.8 million stopbank extension at Franz Josef will do nothing to prevent a potential environmental disaster at Ōkārito, if a river stays on its present course. The ...

Finance Minister Nicola Willis will be asking dairy giant Fonterra about the high retail price of butter in New Zealand. Willis told RNZ's First ...