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Sleep, diet, exercise key to lifting wellbeing: research

Young people who got good-quality sleep, ate more fruit and vegetables and stayed physically...

Sleep, diet, exercise key to lifting wellbeing: research

Leaving home, educational pressures, financial stress and social tensions - they are all unique strains that can lower "happiness levels" in young adults.

Bus stop upgrade priority list approved

The bus stop at 151 Princes St tops the list for stops due to be revamped by the Otago Regional...

Bus stop upgrade priority list approved

Bus stops across Dunedin are in line for a facelift as the Otago Regional Council sets the wheels in motion for public transport safety improvements.

Now we see you

Now we see you

Security cameras installed on scaffolding around Dunedin’s Municipal Chambers and Civic Centre to deter people performing parkour are working a treat, representatives have been told.

Store manager attacked while restocking shelves

Woolworths NZ says the unprovoked attack on a staff member at one of its Nelson stores was ...

'Completely unacceptable': Supermarket manager attacked while restocking shelves

A supermarket duty manager was left with facial injuries after a man punched him in the head, then kicked him as he lay on the ground, in a brutal surprise attack.

Wife of accused cop-killer 'present' at time of shooting

The wife of Australia's most-wanted man was present when he allegedly shot and killed two officers, police have revealed as their search effort grows.

Loafers Lodge murder-accused previously convicted of attempted arson

Loafers Lodge murder-accused previously convicted of attempted arson

The man accused of lighting the fatal Loafers Lodge fire told a forensic psychiatrist voices in his head told him to burn the place down, a court has heard.

Uber driver stabbed, left for dead on Gold Coast

Female Uber driver stabbed, left for dead on Gold Coast

A 16-year-old boy is assisting police after a female rideshare driver was repeatedly stabbed and left for dead in a Gold Coast car park.

Mum confronts attacker who killed her baby on New Year's Day

A woman has confronted the man who killed her baby and stabbed her and a toddler in a New Year's Day attack in Hamilton.

Another quake shakes Afghanistan as toll passes 1400

Rescue workers search for victims amidst debris of a damaged house in Mazar Dara, Kunar province,...

Another quake shakes Afghanistan as toll passes 1400

An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 has shaken southeastern Afghanistan, almost two days after a large quake in the same region killed more than 1400 people and injured thousands more.

Kiwi volunteer firies battling Canadian blazes

The wildfires in Manitoba, Canada, were the worst seen for 30 years. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

'Right on the fire-front': Kiwi volunteer firies battling Canadian blazes

Five long weeks of battling wildfires in Canada day after day had an impact on seasoned Canterbury volunteer firefighter Tim Clark.

Pupils take action to slow speeding drivers

Student council representatives (from left) Leighton Scott, Greta Lewis, and Ruby McLoud, with...

Pupils take action to slow speeding drivers

Pupils at a Christchurch school have petitioned the local community for action to slow traffic that is "too fast and too dangerous".

'Wrong message': Clark, Key at China's military parade

A Canterbury University professor has criticised Helen Clark and John Key's appearance at a military parade in China attended by the likes of Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un.

Thousands of Epstein files released

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Photo: Getty Images

Thousands of Epstein files released

A Republican-led US House of Representatives committee has released more than 33,000 pages of files on disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Xi projects power, says world faces war or peace

Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews troops during a military parade in Beijing to mark the 80th...

China's Xi projects power, says world faces war or peace

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned the world was facing a choice between peace or war as he kicked off his country's largest-ever military parade in Beijing.

'Abnormal bone' likely cause of baby's fractures, court told

'Abnormal bone' likely cause of baby's fractures, court told

A medical expert says an infant’s fractures were likely caused by “normal force on abnormal bone” rather than abuse from a prominent sportsman.

Police fight to keep NZ-born neo-Nazi leader locked up

Thomas Sewell, leader of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Network, speaks at the March for...

Police fight to keep NZ-born neo-Nazi leader locked up

Police are fighting to keep a New Zealand-born neo-Nazi group leader locked up, citing fears of escalating violence after he and his followers allegedly attacked an Aboriginal protest site.

'Unprecedented demand': St John hit with record callouts

'Unprecedented demand': St John hit with record callouts

Hato Hone St John has had the busiest winter on record with a rise in respiratory illness creating "unprecedented demand" for ambulances.

Major changes for disability support system

Disability Issues Minister Louise Upston. Photo: RNZ

Major changes for disability support system

Assessment processes and allocations for services helping the disabled are set to be standardised throughout NZ, the govt has announced.

Student pilot makes 'hard landing' at aero club

A student pilot had "a hard landing" when the plane they were flying came down heavily and tipped on to its nose at a Taieri airfield this morning.

Chopper fleet in city flyover

The sky above Dunedin has been buzzing with helicopters as HeliOtago takes its fleet out for a run.

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