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'It's a last resort': Firefighters to walk off job again

After a week of fighting large fires across Dunedin, firefighters will be walking off the job for one hour after union negotiations failed yet again.

Seymour warns Peters may jump to Labour

ACT leader David Seymour (left) and NZ First's Winston Peters. Photo: NZ Herald

Seymour warns Peters may jump to Labour

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has vowed to repeal the Regulatory Standards Bill (RSB) if re-elected next year.

Digger goes for a dip at Marlborough jetty

A digger working on the replacement of Waitaria Bay's new jetty has become stuck in the sand and...

Digger goes for a dip at Marlborough jetty

Work to replace a Marlborough Sounds jetty has taken a dive after a digger got stuck and became submerged.

Schools to be barred from opting out of international tests

Education Minister Erica Stanford. Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii

Schools to be barred from opting out of international tests

A government bill will stop schools opting out of international maths and reading tests and speed up intervention in failing schools.

Pensioner reverses into trouble after crash

Emergency services work at the scene of a crash in Malcolm St. Photo: Peter McIntosh

Pensioner reverses into trouble after crash

A pensioner who crashed into a parked car in central Dunedin damaged another four vehicles after reversing at speed.

Japan's largest urban fire in decades tears through 170 buildings

A fire that ripped through more than 170 buildings and killed one person in a southern Japanese coastal city is the country's largest urban blaze in almost half a century.

Cops stood down for additional misconduct in breath test probe

Cops stood down for additional misconduct in breath test probe

A "small number" of police officers who either falsely or erroneously recorded alcohol breath tests have been stood down for additional misconduct.

Aussie teens warned their social media days are numbered

Users will be given two weeks' notice before they lose access to their social media accounts....

Aussie teens warned their social media days are numbered

Australians aged under 16 are being warned they have two weeks until their accounts are scrubbed from several popular social media platforms.

Man charged over fatal crash in Canterbury

Man charged over fatal crash in Canterbury

Police have arrested a man in relation to a fatal crash in Sheffield, Canterbury, yesterday afternoon.

20 million years of kissing

Kissing didn't begin with star-crossed human lovers but with the primate ancestors of great apes around 20 million years ago, a new study says.

Man arrested over fire that gutted Dunedin house

An alleged arsonist has been arrested and charged after a house in central Dunedin was gutted by a "deliberately lit" fire.

Congress approves release of Epstein files

National Director of World Without Exploitation Lauren Hersh embraces Jeffrey Epstein survivor...

Congress approves release of Epstein files

The Republican-controlled US Congress has voted almost unanimously to force the release of Justice Department files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

'How about going for a drive?': Dunedin man kicks off epic global adventure

Five of the MacLeods in front of 'Holdfast' with monks in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Supplied by...

'How about going for a drive?': Dunedin man kicks off epic global adventure

In 1962, Dunedin farmer Alan MacLeod said to his wife Joan and six kids, 'how about going for a drive'?’

‘Things happened, but he knew nothing...’

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US President Donald Trump hold hands during a meeting...

‘Things happened, but he knew nothing...’

US President Donald Trump says Saudi's crown prince knew nothing about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents, offering a fierce defence that contradicts a US intelligence assessment.

Arrow fired as 'warning shot' during five-hour standoff

Police at one of the cordons set up on the corner of Nile St and Tory St in central Nelson during...

Arrow fired as 'warning shot' during five-hour standoff

A man upset over a family matter threatened to blow up his house and others around him, prompting the evacuation of an early childhood centre and residents from around 50 nearby homes.