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Change needed over disaster response: experts

The Glover family evacuates during flooding in Te Araroa on the East Coast of the North Island...

Change needed over disaster response: experts

As floodwaters recede and damage assessments continue after last week's deadly storms, scrutiny is turning to whether NZ is prepared for the next disaster - and how it'll pay for it.

Watch: Ed Sheeran fan nicks sign after being booted from bar

Security camera footage of a patron ejected from a Christchurch bar taking off with the establishment’s footpath sign in an Uber has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Facebook.

Dunedin travellers worried about UK passport changes

Travel agents say they are fielding queries about new UK passport rules. Photo: RNZ

Dunedin travellers worried about UK passport changes

Agents say travellers are confused by the changes and some are considering skipping the UK altogether.

Truck hit by train at level crossing

The Hoskyns Rd level crossing in Rolleston. Photo: Supplied

Truck hit by train at level crossing

A train collided with a truck and trailer unit this morning at a level crossing in Rolleston.

Wife laughing with husband when tree fatally hit him

Wakefield hop grower Peter Lines was killed in June 2025 after he was struck by a tree being...

Wife laughing with husband when tree fatally hit him

The family of a hop grower killed during a storm say his life's work remains rooted in the land the family have farmed for generations.

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‘Enshittification’ seen in health reforms

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‘Enshittification’ seen in health reforms

A Dunedin pharmacist is concerned about the ‘‘enshittification’’ of NZ's healthcare system, which is slowly dissolving services to people and increasingly serving ‘‘scale, profit and efficiency’’ instead.

Builder’s career stretches hospital to hospital

New Dunedin hospital construction worker Trevor Ellison is eyeing retirement, 50 years after...

Builder’s career stretches hospital to hospital

Trevor Ellison reckons if you stand next to a concrete mixer long enough, your working career is bound to turn full circle at some stage.

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DCC backs new business approach

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DCC backs new business approach

Economic development in Dunedin should be supported through a ‘‘bold’’ change of approach that keeps council input at arm’s length, most councillors agree.

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Driver seen 'bolting' as crash victim lay unconscious

Stone St resident Matt Thomson says his front porch was damaged after a car crashed into a power...

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Driver seen 'bolting' as crash victim lay unconscious

A resident of a Dunedin street has described people ‘‘bolting’’ from a crash where a woman was found lying unconscious in the street.

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Councillors reject Ong’s naming-rights plan

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Councillors reject Ong’s naming-rights plan

A push to award naming rights of Dunedin public assets has failed, with one councillor confessing he was still baffled despite reading the plan two dozen times.

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Uni welcomes lab rules reform

University of Otago zoology PhD student Kahu Hema works in one of the department’s laboratories...

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Uni welcomes lab rules reform

A promise to make changes to ‘‘impractical’’ government health and safety regulations in science labs has been welcomed by the University of Otago.

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Strait repeat could still be on the cards

Tūhura Otago Museum board chairman and University of Otago physics professor David Hutchinson...

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Strait repeat could still be on the cards

Despite nursing aches and pains, a bad sunburn and quite a ‘‘nasty’’ bit of chafing yesterday, David Hutchinson is not ruling out another attempt at swimming across Cook Strait.

Taskforce on course to de-rock Hancock

Taskforce on course to de-rock Hancock

Taskforce Green members pick up rocks in Hancock Park, near St Kilda Beach, yesterday.

Family’s numbers pay dividends

The man purchased his ticket from Bell Block Supermarket in New Plymouth, and is the 17th person...

Family’s numbers pay dividends

Using the same Lotto numbers for years has finally paid off for an Otago family who are $5.3million richer after a Powerball jackpot win.

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Med school’s high risk no surprise: Hernandez

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Med school’s high risk no surprise: Hernandez

An opposition MP says he is not surprised the controversial Waikato medical school project has been classed as ‘‘high risk’’ by the government’s financial advisers.

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Rise in stabbings and gunshot wounds in South

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Rise in stabbings and gunshot wounds in South

A rise in stabbing and gunshot wounds in the South has contributed to a ‘‘record’’ demand for ambulances and paramedics.

'NZ stands with you': Vigil held for landslide victims

People gather at the site of the community vigil at Coronation Park in Tauranga. Photo: RNZ

'NZ stands with you': Vigil held for landslide victims

More than 1000 people have attended a community vigil at Coronation Park in Tauranga this evening in the wake of the Mt Maunganui landslide.

Plant stench draws hundreds of complaints

Diggers working at the burnt-out Bromley wastewater treatment plant in June 2022. Photo:...

Wastewater plant stench draws hundreds of complaints in four days

A putrid stench lingering in Christchurch's eastern suburbs from the city's wastewater treatment plant is expected to persist for at least another week.

Govt announces two new specialist schools

Education Minister Erica Stanford, flanked by Wairarapa MP Mike Butterick and Finance Minister...

Govt announces two new specialist schools for children with high needs

The government has announced funding for two news specialist schools, catering for children with high needs and disabilities.

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Masters Games multi-medallist has no plans to slow down

Carole Evans, of Mosgiel, is hoping to add a couple more Masters Games medals to her collection....

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Masters Games multi-medallist has no plans to slow down

A Mosgiel octogenarian who has never missed a Masters Games has more medals than years to her name — and is hoping to add a couple more to the collection next month.

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