John Lewis

Police believe the two people killed after their rental car collided with a tour bus on the Te Anau-Milford Highway were German tourists.

''Dwarf people are people. Dwarf planets are planets - end of argument,'' a Nasa astrophysicist says.

Have you ever imagined a world where girls can wear trousers and boys can wear kilts to school?

Thick fog along the Otago and Southland coastline caused problems for air travellers and cruise ship passengers yesterday.

Canterbury Bulldogs athletic performance director Donald Singe was in a league of his own yesterday when he gave an inspirational speech to pupils at his alma mater.

A marine search and rescue operation for a cruise ship passenger, believed to have fallen overboard near Sutherland Sound in Fiordland, has been called off.

Demand for tickets on a chartered flight from Dunedin to see the Aurora Australis is so high the trip's organiser is considering chartering multiple flights next year.

A Dunedin mountain biking club is concerned after photos emerged of branches placed across a popular track at head height.

Frog contortionists jumping into tin cans - now there's something you don't see every day.

Nearly four months after venting her frustration at the lack of teacher aide support for her 6-year-old autistic son, Kerry Hodge says little has changed.

Five jobs are to go from Fonterra's Mosgiel distribution centre, following the restructuring of the centre's operations.

The Ministry of Education has come under fire from the Labour Party, which alleges New Zealand school capital funding has decreased  13.9% under National, leaving children in cold, mouldy,...

It was just as she pictured it — beautiful, green and friendly.

Emergency services were stretched yesterday when a vehicle with five people in it crashed down a bank in a remote area near Haast.