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Panel refuses commercial building

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Panel refuses commercial building

A proposal to build a "life-changing" facility at Taieri Mouth to allow disabled people easier access to the water is up in the air after a panel allowed part of the development but denied the...

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Bounty of banned books brought before bibliophiles

Marking Banned Book Week at the Dunedin Public Library are (from left) events co-ordinator Ali...

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Bounty of banned books brought before bibliophiles

Sex, drugs, violence — these are all present at Dunedin’s libraries.

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Boyfriend killer back behind bars

Zariah Samson was jailed for 15 months after admitting several charges, including punching a...

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Boyfriend killer back behind bars

A woman who killed her boyfriend by strangling him with a computer cord has been jailed for more violent offending.

Ads’ volume now no higher than show

California Governor Gavin Newsom: "The intentional killing of another person is wrong". Photo: AP

Ads’ volume now no higher than show

Streaming services are now required to turn the dial down on commercial advertisements that blare louder than providers’ content

Vatican cardinal slams ‘ongoing massacre’

Vatican cardinal slams ‘ongoing massacre’

The Vatican’s top diplomat sharply criticised Israel’s "ongoing massacre" in Gaza in comments published this week

Venezuela-US tensions

President Donald Trump told reporters he thought the United States could make a deal with China,...

Venezuela-US tensions

President Donald Trump has called off United States diplomatic engagement with Venezuela, people familiar with the move said

Kirk memorial road threat

Kirk memorial road threat

Some Florida universities may need to rename certain streets after Charlie Kirk or risk losing state funding, if a state lawmaker gets his way.

Hope for mohua-filled future

The sparrow-sized mohua is very vulnerable to being killed by rats and stoats. PHOTO: LEON EVERETT

Hope for mohua-filled future

There are glimmers of hope for New Zealand’s brightest native bird — the yellowhead (mohua) — although its survival hangs in the balance at many sites, recent monitoring results show.

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Mixed conditions of extreme wet or dry in strange end to winter

A week of wild weather comes amid warnings that marine heatwave conditions currently enveloping...

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Mixed conditions of extreme wet or dry in strange end to winter

The usual unsettled spring weather left some parts of the southern region dry as a bone and other parts with wet gumboots.

Man who 'engineered' neighbour's death jailed

Mathew David Hannon has been sentenced for his role in the death of Sidney Ross Bridson at...

Man who 'engineered' neighbour's death jailed

A long-standing dispute between two neighbours in a remote rural settlement ended with one supplying a loaded shotgun, and the other's body discovered in his torched house.

Man allegedly shot and stuffed into tree to burn

Man allegedly shot and stuffed into tree to burn

A man made a desperate appeal to his alleged killer's humanity before he was shot three times and shoved into a tree that was set on fire, a court has been told.

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Student’s low-cost tech wows

University of Otago physiology student Kai Woolf with a 3-D-printed component of her customisable...

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Student’s low-cost tech wows

While many tertiary students dream of making a difference in the world one day, Kai Woolf has already been there and done that.

Thunberg alleges torture in Israeli prison

Greta Thunberg arrives in Athens after her detention in Israel, alongside others from the Global...

Thunberg alleges torture in Israeli prison

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg alleged that she and other detainees of the Gaza flotilla were subjected to torture in the Israeli prison they were held.

Landslide hits bus killing 15 people

The death toll from a landslide that struck a private bus in India's mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh has risen to 15, with one child still missing, officials and police said today.

Remaining stranded hikers rescued from Everest

Hikers are guided to safety after a snow storm left them stranded near the face of Everest. Photo...

Remaining stranded hikers rescued from Everest

Rescuers have guided all of the remaining trekkers near the east face of Everest in Tibet to safety, including hundreds of local guides and yak herders.

Hamas ready to reach deal on anniversary, conditions remain

Protest in solidarity with Palestinians, on the day of the two-year anniversary of the deadly...

Hamas ready to reach deal on anniversary, conditions remain

Hamas has said it was ready to reach a deal to end the war in Gaza based on President Donald Trump's plan but still has demands.

Waititi accuses govt, media of 'constant attack' on Treaty

Rawiri Waititi claims no allegations against Māori organisations have been upheld. Photo: RNZ /...

Waititi accuses govt, media of 'constant attack' on Treaty

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi has accused the media of "relentlessly attacking" the party and Māori providers in a blistering speech at Parliament.

Home detention for primary school teacher who groomed pupil

The woman appeared in the North Shore District Court on Wednesday. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham...

Home detention for primary school teacher who groomed pupil

An Auckland primary school teacher who sent sexually explicit nude selfies to an 11-year-old student more than 20 years her junior has been sentenced to home detention.

Hundreds of disabled, sick teens may be cut from jobseeker benefits, data shows

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Social Development Minister Louise Upston at the...

Hundreds of disabled, sick teens may be cut from jobseeker benefits, data shows

Hundreds of teenagers with a health condition or disability could be cut off from the Jobseeker benefit as part of the government's welfare changes, official data shows.

Regional term dates a consideration: Seymour

Associate Education Minister David Seymour at Raroa Normal Intermediate School. Photo: RNZ / John...

Regional term dates a consideration: Seymour

Allocating different school holiday dates to different regions is worth considering - but could create problems, says the associate education minister.

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