Hamish McNeilly

Rents are set to increase as "ma and pa" landlords face a double whammy of property tax changes and a proposed hike to GST.

The start-up airline hoping to fly the transtasman route to Invercargill has pulled out of the proposal, citing concerns over filling planes from Australia.

The arrival of more than 4500 cruise passengers in Dunedin today will herald the start of a veritable cruise ship armada arriving during February.

New Zealand is in the grip of a man drought, and Australia may be to blame.

A move by the Government to unlock tribal land for housing has been welcomed, but housing development could still be years away in the South.

A 50,000kg aerial drop of 1080 poisoned bait has been approved for part of Fiordland National Park this winter.

One of the first urban marae in the country and once the target of an arson attack, Araiteuru, will celebrate is 30th birthday on Waitangi Day.

Te Anau is increasingly becoming a destination in its own right, with the number of tourism businesses almost doubling in less than a decade. Hamish McNeilly went to see what the attraction is.

Demand dictates Dunedin needs a new double-decker bus.

Malcolm Mouat, of Dunedin, has spent the past year on a quest for more power.