The Democratic-led US House of Representatives has approved funds for the biggest climate package in the country's history, delivering a major legislative victory for President Joe Biden.
Family members of a 21-year-old University of Otago student who fell 12 metres while rock climbing in the US this week say it is easier to count the bones she did not break in the accident.
New footpath paving will soon be installed in part of Dunedin’s main shopping street, providing a glimpse of what is to come in the central city makeover.
Police were called and a driver left with a dented roof after a report was made about rocks being thrown from a Dunedin overbridge on to the Southern Motorway on Thursday.
Police say they handed out free advice to a Dunedin woman on how to obtain money owed to her after intervening to stop a fight starting in Corstorphine.
A long-serving teacher and master in charge of rugby at a prestigious South Island school has been awarded $25,000 after a botched police investigation.
Be it an exchange of ideas or preaching to the converted, the Free Speech Union is entitled to provide a forum for people to speak their minds, writes Mike Houlahan.