Meridian Energy has been granted a provisional go-ahead to access additional water in Lake Pūkaki for electricity despite opposition from government ministers and the national grid operator.

Museum of the Vanished World is open for business once again.

Landlord Donna Miers, who was once described as having "nefarious conduct" by a Tenancy Tribunal adjudicator, has found herself back before the tribunal.

Investigators have been working in the darkness at the scene of a train derailment in Wellington, trying to determine what happened.

The All Whites ended their Football World Cup preparation with a 1-0 loss to England in a warm-up game in Tampa, Florida.

A hattrick of tries to fullback Johnny McNicholl has helped propel the Crusaders to a 52-31 Super Rugby Pacific qualifying final win over the Blues in Christchurch.

The St Kevin’s College First XV earned early bragging rights over Waitaki Boys’ High School as they snatched a dramatic last-minute win in the Southern Schools Rugby Championship qualifier...

The Trump administration’s proposed 12.5% trade tariff based on forced labour concerns has baffled farmers just relieved beef remains exempt.

Family traditions are deeply rooted in a Hereford bull sale in Teviot Valley.

Global AgriTrends co-founder Simon Quilty forecasts the record beef price to be at $10.45 a kilogram for prime steers in a year’s time.

Central Otago cherry grower Mike Casey has 21 electric vehicles on his solar-powered orchard but that is not enough.

Bigger doesn’t necessarily mean better, as this award-winning home demonstrates.

A seven-month-old Palestinian baby was killed and his parents were wounded by Israeli gunfire in the Tel Rumeida area south of the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday evening, the Palestinian health...