Mike Houlahan

Smokers who get their cigarette fix from Rob Roy Dairy will have an extra incentive to quit the habit today: the store is going tobacco-free for 24 hours.

This day two years ago, overseas postal voting for the 2017 election had just started.

New Zealanders should know early next year when the 2020 election will be held, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

The university should continue to play a role in recruiting neurosurgeons for Dunedin Hospital, the South Island Neurosurgery Service and the University of Otago say.

Barry Kloogh's career as a financial adviser is over after the Financial Markets Authority yesterday cancelled his authorisation.

Dunedin's neurosurgery service's staffing levels are ''inherently unsafe'', an independent report of the service says.

The Omarama parents of a West Australian flight instructor who fell unconscious mid-flight, forcing his inexperienced pupil to land the plane, say they are hugely relieved the drama ended without...

It is a long way from Winton to Auckland, but it is nothing compared with the journey Blair Vining and his family have undertaken in recent months.

The soon-to-be-elected Southern District Health Board will work under the scrutiny of a crown monitor, Health Minister David Clark said in a surprise announcement yesterday.