Hamish MacLean

The Otago Regional Council plans to spend more than $20 million on staff next year as it adds scores of new workers to its ranks.

A heritage advocate has criticised the "very, very curious use of statistics" he says has led to a car park being costed as the default plan for the former Sims Engineering building in Port Chalmers.

Invercargill City Forests Ltd’s forestry estate of more than 3000ha is now on the market after the Invercargill City Council's holding company was directed to rationalise its portfolio in May last...

Two freedom camping "ambassadors'' will patrol the Waitaki district this summer camping season.

Finding family history in Oamaru just got easier.