Gore’s Sarah Ewing can claim ‘‘bragging rights’’ as the best Heineken bartender in the world.

Police have appealed for help from the public following a motorcycle crash on the West Coast.

The Waitaki District Council is testing cleaning options to deal with the "relentless" build-up of bird poo in Oamaru’s Coquet St.

Police have located a body during their search for a missing 23-year-old man in the Hokitika River. 

The Ministry of Education is investigating costs relating to uniforms to identify whether they could be reduced.

An agreement has been made to sell Taupo's Huka Lodge to a US private equity firm in a deal requiring Overseas Investment Office approval.

Dairy land values are being undermined by three factors that are unlikely to disappear within the next five years, a new Rabobank report says.

Wellington artist Max Patte with Zoantharia, one of his pieces being exhibited in the resort's Artbay Gallery until February 16.

Since joining Queenstown’s regional tourism organisation in 2007, Graham Budd has overseen staggering visitor growth in New Zealand’s foremost tourism resort. Originally general manager marketing...

First there was a massive crash, then the sound of metal grinding on road.

As we enter a new decade, fashion writer Katie Day shares her five wardrobe essentials that give a blueprint for a timeless twenties wardrobe.

Technology has made life busier and more pressured, but our children still need fom us the same unconditional love, time and protection that they’ve always needed, Ian Munro writes.

It's time to put values to work in the interests of the future, writes life coach Jan Aitken. 

The All Blacks Sevens hadn't won the New Zealand leg of the World Sevens Series in the two years it had been in Hamilton.

Otago have completed a big win in their one-day game over Central Districts after running up a record score at University of Otago Oval in Dunedin today. 

Noeline Taurua is demanding the Silver Ferns embrace a ruthless edge to close out tomorrow's Netball Nations Cup final after watching her side grind past South Africa to maintain their unbeaten...

Dairy land values are being undermined by three factors that are unlikely to disappear within the next five years, a new Rabobank report says.

A recently widowed Marlborough dairy farmer says a logging operation that has sprung up on a neighbouring property is likely to destroy her farm.

Port Molyneux dairy farmers Tim and Katy Button were delighted when their Ayrshire cow won the Ayrshire New Zealand South Island championship title recently.

The Southern District Health Board has questioned whether a new report into its controversial decision to change the Lumsden Maternity Centre from a primary birthing unit to a maternal and child...

Arlo McElwain (11 months) enjoys the hottest day in Invercargill so far this summer by cooling off at the paddling pool at Queens Park yesterday.

A Winton woman who drunk-drove her car through a concrete fence and into a property’s kitchen has pleaded guilty after causing an estimated $127,000 worth of damage.

Four coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Australia as authorities around the world scramble to stop the deadly illness from spreading further.

The  date remains undecided, but the 2020 election campaign certainly started this week with Labour’s announcement on Thursday that it will sign up to Facebook's advertisement library report.

Wherever the music of poetry is loved and appreciated the name of Robert Burns will always be held in affectionate esteem.

Who really knows what is going on with Harry and Meghan? asks Alan Rusbridger. We can be sure the storytellers, the press, are hardly disinterested observers.