A rising number of nursing vacancies is putting pressure on Ashburton Hospital staff.

Dunedin is handy to many stillwaters and rivers for a family fishing trip. Here's a guide to great places to try over summer.

A Tongan man, hailed as a real-life Aquaman for surviving 27 hours at sea after a devastating tsunami struck his island, said he went under nine times before latching onto a log and making it to safety.

Austria's lower house of parliament has passed a bill making Covid jabs compulsory for adults as of February 1, bringing the nation closer to introducing the first such sweeping vaccine mandate in the EU.