A lack of mountain-bike trails in Cromwell could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to one rider and his supporters.

Thieves targeting campervans north of Dunedin have made off with passports and money in recent days.

The end-of-game whistle has sounded for Mataura Licensing Trust board member Alan (Tiny) Byrne.

Private details of hundreds of young New Zealanders, including passports, birth certificates and drivers' licence details, were exposed on a Government website during a digital security breach.

A man is dead after an assault in the South Auckland suburb of Ōtāhuhu last night.

Police can do better at transporting prisoners after four escaped in Levin recently, the country's police association says.

More than 250 frontline workers at Port Otago will refuse to work overtime unless port management addresses safety and wage concerns.

Bison Group has emerged ahead of the herd to take the supreme award at the inaugural Otago Export Awards.

More than 250 front line workers at Port Otago have issued strike notice including an overtime ban which will take effect from next Saturday.

The Wanaka Stakeholders Group claims the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) risks breaking the law at its extraordinary meeting on Monday.

A second measles case in the space of a fortnight has been confirmed in Queenstown.

Brittany Pooley talks to Rosette Hailes-Paku and Jessie Hamilton, the women behind Dunedin label ‘‘Busy Going Crazy’’, in the lead-up to their New Zealand Fashion Week debut.

After a traumatic event, particularly the death of a loved one or breakup of a relationship, people often search for meaning and "closure", writes life coach Jan Aitken.

Being a parent for the first time brings major changes to your life. It will never be the same again, writes Ian Munro.

Growing up in Kihikihi and going to the local primary school and Te Awamutu Intermediate and College, Brad Gillespie had no intention of following in his dad Ken's footsteps and becoming a butcher.

Happy hunting for vintage machinery enthusiasts is in store near Milton on Saturday.

Westpac has shaved 20c off its 2019-20 milk price forecast, citing a more pessimistic take on the international growth outlook.

An Invercargill recycling company has requested a formal investigation into a controversial waste management tender contract.

Community concern about Monkey Island is increasing, a recently launched petition gathering hundreds of signatures.

Invercargill Airport will become the first regional airport in New Zealand to host a regular jet service with the arrival of the inaugural Air New Zealand flight from Auckland to Invercargill this...

The Commerce Commission has avoided the emotive language used by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern when she said consumers were being "fleeced" on petrol prices. But the commission, in its draft report...

Of the many sets of statistics produced after the (pleasingly) one-sided Bledisloe Cup rugby test last weekend, one jumped out to anyone with even a casual interest in the future of television...

Each generation looks back and identifies mistakes. Sometimes, though, the errors of our ways should be obvious immediately, as with the loss of first-class soils to housing and lifestyle blocks.