Dunedin city councillors are to be briefed about what it might mean to set up a unitary authority.

A churchgoer who attacked police officers at an alcohol checkpoint has been given some scriptural ‘‘homework’’ by a judge.

A surfer who helped a stricken swimmer at St Clair has been left wondering what more he could have done to keep the man alive.

Scientists have called for manufacturers to put ‘‘a lid on the production of white and clear plastics’’, after new research has found penguins and other seabirds appear to have a preference for...