A boat-towing driver fully on the wrong side of the road was just one of several motorists caught crossing a highway centre line in Canterbury recently.
New Zealand must be prepared for the bird flu strain causing concern overseas, public health experts say, after Australia confirmed its first human case.
ACT New Zealand leader David Seymour has vehemently denied any wrongdoing by his Southland list MP Todd Stephenson in his role as a parliamentary private secretary.
A daily passenger train linking Invercargill, Dunedin and Christchurch would also reconnect smaller urban centres to the cities in their region, a rail advocate says.