Otago Polytechnic staff facing the chopping block are not ruling out legal action in the wake of the institution’s announcement to slash 20 jobs in one department.
South Island Minister James Meager believes a new performance, healthcare and rehabilitation centre, officially opened in Queenstown yesterday, will become an economic driver for the South Island.
Funding of $400,000 to make up for a shortfall for Alexandra’s new Kāmoanahaehae-Riverside Park has been granted, clearing a hurdle for stage two of the long-anticipated public space.
Former rogue cop John Dewar has been sent back to prison after a jury found him guilty of stealing $113,000 from a finance company of which he was the boss.
A woman whose dental implant and bone-graft failed and who suffered an undiagnosed infection for eight months says she still has pain, headaches and brain fog four years on.
A Christchurch biotech company extracting an innovative protein from sheepskins to make health and nutrition ingredients is seeking further investment to step up production.
If dairy effluent discharge permits are used as a proxy for dairy farms in Canterbury authorised prior to January 1 this year, the numbers of new conversions and dairy farm expansions are less than...
While Japan welcomed an incredible 37 million international visitors last year and is targeting 60 million per year by the end of the decade, there are still parts of the country...
An Australian senator wants an urgent explanation from US President Donald Trump after police shot an Australian TV reporter with a rubber bullet in Los Angeles.