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Tramping, climbing fatalities prompt police warning

Police say even the most experienced trampers can get into trouble. Photo: Getty Images

Tramping, climbing fatalities prompt police warning

Police are urging people to be better prepared when heading outdoors after a horror summer of large-scale back-country search operations and numerous fatalities.

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Calculated move to get ahead in maths

King’s High School student Conor Kerr won a 2025 NZQA scholarship in calculus at age 14. PHOTO:...

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Calculated move to get ahead in maths

Conor Kerr wishes life was as simple as calculus.

Antarctic trip success

Antarctic trip success

Southern Lakes helicopter pilot Toby Morris returned yesterday after another successful trip to Antarctica.

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Whiley throws hat back in the ring

Andrew Whiley wants to return to the Dunedin City Council. He is standing in the by-election....

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Whiley throws hat back in the ring

Having broken his ankle, former Dunedin city councillor Andrew Whiley had some time to think over what he wanted to do next.

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Connection one step closer after cycling trail

Coastal Connection project co-ordinator Emily Cooper (centre) with some of the walkers, cyclists...

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Connection one step closer after cycling trail

The long and winding road has started, and it is headed this way.

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Call for reflection as satisfaction still low

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Call for reflection as satisfaction still low

Dunedin's mayor has called on councillors to reflect on their conduct, as community satisfaction in their performance remains weak.

Tourist charged after classic car crash

Brighton man Ian Armstrong’s 1969 Austin-Healey Sprite is badly damaged after a two-vehicle crash...

Tourist charged after classic car crash

A Dunedin man was left with broken bones and "big disappointment" after his prized 1969 Austin-Healey Sprite was hit by another vehicle which allegedly crossed the centre line.

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Firefighters set to ramp up strike action to twice a week

Firefighters gather outside the Central Dunedin Fire Station yesterday as they again went on...

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Firefighters set to ramp up strike action to twice a week

After months of strikes and stalled discussions, the firefighters union is raising the pressure by walking off the job twice a week.

Roaring with delight

Roaring with delight

Highlanders fans in the Zoo get behind their team in last night’s Super Rugby opener against the Crusaders at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin.

Chch mass murderer has made 686 complaints while behind bars

Fifty-one people were murdered in two attacks on mosques in Christchurch in 2019. Photo: RNZ

Chch mass murderer has made 686 complaints while behind bars

The Christchurch terrorist made almost 700 complaints about life behind bars but his claims of torturous prison conditions are exaggerated, a court has heard.

Unease over Collins' rival-free appointment to top job

Attorney-General Judith Collins. Photo: RNZ

Unease over Collins' rival-free appointment to top job

Judith Collins was the only person considered for the role of Law Commission president - with no recruitment process, no selection panel and no rival candidates.

Aussie Liberals dump first female leader after nine months

Sussan Ley lasted just nine months as leader of the Liberal Party. Photo: North East CMA via...

Aussie Liberals dump first female leader after nine months

The Liberals' first female leader Sussan Ley will resign from parliament after she was knifed by conservative Angus Taylor nine months into the job.

Trash-tastrophe: Rubbish truck rollover blocks road

Emergency services at the scene of the accident. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

Trash-tastrophe: Rubbish truck rollover blocks road

A road in Green Island was blocked by a rubbish truck which rolled onto its side spilling debris this afternoon.

Terrorist was 'between a rock and a rock' when pleading guilty - Crown

Flowers at the gate of Al Noor Mosque following the March 15, 2019, terror attacks. Photo: File...

Terrorist was 'between a rock and a rock' when pleading guilty - Crown

The terrorist who massacred 51 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques is in prison because he committed the crime, not because of a coerced guilty plea, the Crown says.