Former MP quits National to join Opportunity party
Former National MP Jackie Blue is changing her political allegiances, saying the government's handling of pay equity changes was her breaking point.
Trump demands to choose Iran's next leader as war intensifies
Trump demands to choose Iran's next leader as war intensifies
US President Donald Trump claimed the right to join Iran in deciding its next leader as the war escalated further, with US and Israeli jets hitting areas across the country and Gulf cities coming...
Farmers died days apart in similar accidents
Farmers died days apart in similar accidents
The son of a farmer crushed under a vehicle he was working on said his father "could have died a thousand times" in other ways, so it was a shock his life ended the way it did.
NZ woman in major airport meth bust hid drugs under towels
NZ woman in major airport meth bust hid drugs under towels
A New Zealander is one of two women facing an Australian court after an alleged attempt to import 38 kilograms of methamphetamine by hiding it under some towels in suitcases.
Initiative out to bring women to fly-fishing
Initiative out to bring women to fly-fishing
Women are being encouraged to learn the cast, select the right nymph and get the drift.
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Alarm over mental health field staffing
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Alarm over mental health field staffing
Mental healthcare for older people in the South is ‘‘dangerously under-resourced’’ at a time when demand is at its highest, a senior clinician says.
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Disappointment as storied Otago student mag downsized
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Disappointment as storied Otago student mag downsized
An award-winning Otago University student magazine has been significantly cut down in size just one year after celebrating its centennial.
Oysters arrive in Dunedin after Southlanders supplied
Oysters arrive in Dunedin after Southlanders supplied
Dunedin has finally been granted access to the South’s favourite seafood delicacy, after the lion’s share were gobbled up quickly by Southland.
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Bid to ban taking cockles over fears group is 'gutting' fishery
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Bid to ban taking cockles over fears group is 'gutting' fishery
Shutting down the taking of shellfish at Moeraki is needed to stop the ‘‘gutting’’ of a local resource by newcomers to New Zealand, an iwi leader says.
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Dunedin staff in dark as engineering firm liquidated
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Dunedin staff in dark as engineering firm liquidated
Dart Engineering Ltd was put into liquidation yesterday with staff still in the dark about their future.
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Parking tech set to boost coffers
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Parking tech set to boost coffers
The chances of getting caught by Dunedin’s parking police will soon be significantly higher, because of new technology.
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Thirteen town houses set to occupy Baptist site
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Thirteen town houses set to occupy Baptist site
Work will start next week on the construction of 13 town houses on the site of the now demolished North East Valley Baptist Church.
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Assault while on bail adds to jail time
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Assault while on bail adds to jail time
A high-profile criminal who beat up his former partner in front of their children has been granted name suppression.
Flat stones put to use
Flat stones put to use
A relic of the past holds a mob of sheep at Longford, near Middlemarch.
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Poetic submission backs tree’s removal
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Poetic submission backs tree’s removal
An arboreal verse penned for a protected Mosgiel pin oak has joined artificial intelligence in backing the tree’s removal.
Where there’s smoke, there isn’t fire, actually
Where there’s smoke, there isn’t fire, actually
Firefighters work to clear fog from the On the Spot dairy in Taieri Rd, Wakari about 11.30am yesterday.
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Year’s home detention for assault and injuring child
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Year’s home detention for assault and injuring child
A day after attacking someone he believed had abused his child, an Oamaru man pinched his own daughter so hard he drew blood.
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Dunedin man violated teenager at family party and cemetery
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Dunedin man violated teenager at family party and cemetery
A man in his late 30s violated a 15-year-old girl in the bathroom at a family party in Dunedin and the next day repeated the act after picking her up from school.
Watchdog 'horrified' at beer wrongly labelled
Watchdog 'horrified' at beer wrongly labelled
Alcohol Healthwatch's executive director says he is "horrified" after tens of thousands of Steinlager beer bottles were mislabelled as alcohol free.
Cromwell College student second in national poetry competition
Cromwell College student second in national poetry competition
Year 9 Cromwell College Student Katie Anne Ley has come second place in the Junior Section of a National Poetry Competiton with her poem, 'A Love Letter to Colours'.