Israeli authorities raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its office after the government decided to shut down the Qatari-owned TV station's local operations.
Funding for Tūhura Otago Museum, rising costs and a push to have Otago Peninsula road works completed are among the hottest issues raised by Dunedin residents, as the city council considers the next year’s spending programme.
Colin Huddleston’s legs are about as athletic as you would expect an 85-year-old’s to be, but as he curtly points out, "I don’t need them for shooting ducks — I just need my good eye".
Bringing the Otepoti Dance Festival to the Octagon in Dunedin at the weekend are Black and White Dance Studio dancers (from left) Angelina Cockerill, Caroline Decourt and Charlotte Cooper.
A Dunedin surgeon is calling for New Zealand hospitals to incorporate high-intensity interval training (HIIT) into the daily routines of patients, where possible, before they have major surgery.
A southern trucking company says it is exciting watching New Zealand’s first hydrogen refuelling stations opening — even if they are in the North Island.
People who lived in the 19th century where Dunedin’s new hospital is being built were often relatively young and in search of a new start, an archaeologist believes.
South Island National Chrysanthemum show secretary Kit Jack and husband Walter Jack admire the top prize bloom, "Peggy Anne", grown by Tom Dahlenburg, of Otautau, in Dunedin yesterday.
Respect for elders and the New Zealand ethos of giving people a fair go could be persuasive arguments that convince Parliament to scrap a law that denied citizenship to a group of Samoan people, a Green MP says.
A powerful synthetic cannabinoid that can lead to overdoses, even at low concentrations, and has been linked to serious harm - including deaths - in NZ, has been detected in a yellow powder presumed to be DMT.
Thousands have gathered on Rio de Janeiro's famous Copacabana beach ahead of a free open-air concert by Madonna, expected to attract 1.5 million people.