Ian Bell’s been one of that increasingly rare breed in Queenstown – an independent retailer. Ahead of him shutting shop this week, he tells Philip Chandler about the highs and lows of his business career.

Police are urging drivers and passengers to buckle up and drive safely after a series of fatal crashes throughout the country this weekend.

A rumbling legal row over whether New Zealand's professional engineering body was right to drop disciplinary action against the design firm boss behind the ill-fated CTV Building will play out in the High Court in Wellington next week.

A fuel company is dropping petrol prices to $2 a litre for a week, but the cheap gas isn't available in the South Island.

COLLECTIONS 2018 will showcase Otago Polytechnic’s fashion students alongside visiting international student designers. Fashion writer and former graduate Brittany Pooley gets a sneak peek of what’s to come.

Australia beat Italy 26-7 keeping their unblemished record against the Azzurri intact in what was billed as a must-win match for Wallabies' embattled coach Michael Cheika.

England overcame a shocking first half when their experimental side trailed an effervescent Japan 15-10 to turn on the power after the break and run out somewhat flattering 35-15 winners in a classic game of two halves.

The hard graft of the past year has paid off with two big industry awards for Bannockburn woman Annabel Bulk. Central Otago reporter Adam Burns talks to the viticulturist about the key ingredients to her success.

A week-old proposal by the University of Otago and other providers to create a virtual school for rural health remains very much alive despite the Government killing off an alternative school of rural medicine this week.

A private company has located the Argentine Navy submarine ARA San Juan a year after it went missing with 44 crew members aboard.

A man has been stabbed while trying to stop a seven-year-old girl being sexually assaulted by another man in a toilet at a dance studio in Sydney's south.