Southern electricity lines companies Aurora Energy and Alpine Energy are joining forces in a bid to lower costs, but are stopping short of a full merger.
The decrease of the subsidy for a transport assistance scheme will leave disabled people with fewer options and feeling like they are no longer a full member of society, a disability advocate says.
Official action over South Dunedin wastewater overflows marks an "important line in the sand" for the city council and affected residents alike, a councillor says.
From playing music on the back of a truck to growing so big it had to be held in secret, "folkies" will soon celebrate half a century of a legendary Dunedin music festival.
Labour has an eight-point lead over National in the latest The Post/Freshwater Strategy poll, but neither the coalition nor the opposition has the numbers to govern.
A young police officer shot in the head during the terrorist attack at Bondi Beach has been promised he will have a job to return to, despite a severe eye injury.
Christmas Day celebrations may need to be inside for the parts of the country, as a forecaster says it may not come with the settled weather many of us are hoping for.
The younger son of US filmmaker and political activist Rob Reiner has been charged with murder after his parents were found stabbed in their LA home at the weekend.