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The Department of Conservation in Dunedin is having so much success with their dog safety initiative, they're looking at spreading it to other parts of the country.

E. coli has been detected in the water supply to a Wairarapa town hosting a popular event today.

Could it finally be time to recognise Aotearoa alongside New Zealand as the name for this country?

Property developers have begun delivering their wish-lists to Housing Minister Phil Twyford on ways to improve the troubled KiwiBuild scheme.

The Government is scrapping all of its interim KiwiBuild targets and going back to the drawing board.

The pressure of having to look after an influx of tourists is leaving some rural doctor's practices without a GP for hours on end.

Invercargill MP Sarah Dowie's electorate office is back open for business this morning, despite an open police investigation into a text allegedly sent from her phone.

National Party leader Simon Bridges has endorsed the idea of a new centrist environmental party, saying it would be a "very valuable" addition to the political landscape.

Principals are expecting disruptions when most schools go back this week because of a shortage of staff.

A KiwiRail driver was attacked on his train in the Manawatu town of Feilding early this morning.

An academic who sexually assaulted an elderly woman at a resthome did not tell the university he worked for about the case.

There have been more resignations at the embattled New Zealand Transport Agency, following the sudden departure of its chief executive amid pressure over faulty warrant checks.

Many women have been taking the contraceptive pill incorrectly for the past 60 years, new advice suggests.

A stolen car driven by two youths has crashed close to railway lines in Wellington after a chase last night.

As Central Otago temperatures approached 30°C this week, Naseby forgot summer and focused on ice, as the World Curling Championships qualifiers transfixed the town.

A Singaporean actor and soldier who was injured during a military exercise in Waiouru over the weekend has died.

New Zealand drivers are crashing at higher rates than drivers visiting this country, Ministry of Transport data shows.