A suspicious vegetation fire at Outram Glen has been extinguished, but Fire and Emergency crews will remain on site for much of this evening, to dampen down hotspots.

A Canterbury landlord, who had been warned multiple times that his property was not up to standard, has been ordered to pay $33,000, remove industrial rubbish and repair holes in the roof and walls...

Foodstuffs South Island has been fined $39,000 for selling recalled hummus.

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.