Hundreds took to the streets around Otago and Southland yesterday to walk in Jesus Christ’s sandals, by carrying a large wooden cross around their respective communities.
A state-of-the-art flight simulator has landed in Otago, giving local helicopter pilots the opportunity to fight catastrophe from the comfort of a computer.
Patrons at a Queenstown bar got a shock recently to find its infamous mechanical bull - a permanent fixture since 2003 - gone, with a cardboard tombstone in its place.
A fierce fast bowler and hard-hitting batsman, South African all-rounder Mike Procter had the potential to be one of the game’s greats, but for his career being stunted by the apartheid era.
Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr says the tide's turning on inflation around the world and there's a clear feeling among central bank leaders he's spoken to recently that interest rates have peaked and cuts are getting closer.
Dried up creeks, dying grass and dwindling stock water is the increasing outlook for many Otago, Canterbury and Tasman farmers under a declared drought.
Directors of the industry-good body for sheep and beef farmers face a season without a pay rise under a tough environment of low prices and high costs.
The US government has awarded the state of Maryland an initial $US60 million to begin rebuilding the collapsed Key Bridge in Baltimore, an extraordinarily fast disbursement after such a disaster.
US President Joe Biden and predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton headlined a New York fundraiser, offering a robust defence of the White House's handling of the Gaza crisis as protesters interrupted the event.
AUDIO 🔉: King Charles III, who is undergoing treatment for cancer, has praised people who "extend the hand of friendship, especially in a time of need", and echoed the pledge to serve the nation made at his coronation last year.
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the rise of climate scientists, the art of good business, and getting blasted on Bucky.