Much of Central Otago will be fireworks-free this holiday season as it enters into a temporary ban from Christmas Eve.

The Employment Court has ruled the Labour Inspector must release advice it received from Crown Law about the employment status of people at Gloriavale on the West Coast.

A temporary bridge spanning the Manuherikia River in Alexandra will provide a "crucial crossing" for heavy vehicles, the council says.

And they’re off.

 A Queenstown restaurant has failed to secure an interim injunction to stop an Australian company opening a spa in the resort town with the same name.

A woman was nearly four times over the legal alcohol limit after being seen driving erratically the morning after a hen's do, police say.

ILT Academy Southland celebrated two decades of supporting Southland’s best young athletes at a special function in Invercargill yesterday.