The Education Ministry says early childhood services and school boards are legally responsible for funding asbestos-contaminated sand removal, after a kindergarten operator estimated a $350,000 clean-up.
Analysis - Writers had their fun calling it 'Coster's Last Stand', and like the general's doomed battle, it ended with a crushing fall, writes RNZ's Craig McCulloch.
A late-night Mosgiel dumpster diver told police he ‘‘thought he could just take’’ material out of a worksite’s skip before being made to return his haul.
The father of a Dunedin murder victim has spoken of his heartbreak at losing his "honest and hard-working" only son through such horrific circumstances.
Changes for the Retirement Villages Act should help to reduce the amount of time some people have to wait for their money back when they leave a village.
A teacher who asked colleagues if they wanted to “do a line” at an after-work Christmas party in a classroom said her actions were “stupid drunken horseplay with some sort of white powder”.