A spate of arson attacks on cell towers in Wānaka and the wider Otago region has left people angry and worried about communication outages, as police urge locals to report any suspicious behaviour.

Twenty years after a Mount Aspiring National Park tragedy claimed her partner's life, an Irish tourist has spoken about the day.

A Canterbury elderly care facility was told to improve its standards after claims a resident was sexually assaulted.

The father of a Christchurch cyclist killed in a collision with a concrete truck assumed the driver was at fault and would most likely be going through “some kind of hell”.

Historian Ryan Bodman is doing a one-time session at the Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival on his social history epic Rugby League in New Zealand — A People’s History. 

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas held in Gaza for a third day ahead of the expected release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners and an address by US President Donald Trump to Israel's parliament.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for fighting dictatorship in the country.