Firefighters have contained a building blaze which closed the main road through north Dunedin for two hours. Crews were ...

Peter Lyons writes in praise of the public service. Peter Lyons asks where the economic recovery is coming from. A key rule of economics is that incentives shape human behaviour for better or worse.

A business association says Easter Sunday trading rules are confusing and need an overhaul. Restrictions on alcohol sales have just been eased, ...

Dunedin Dahlia Circle member Mark Penty admires a flower on display over the weekend at the Dunedin Horticultural Society's summer show. Circle member Stuart Brown said some of this show’s flowers ...

A single-vehicle crash has closed one lane of State Highway 8 near the summit of Lindis Pass this morning.  A police ...

Two US warplanes were downed over Iran and the Gulf, Iranian and US officials said on Friday, with two pilots rescued and a third still missing ...

Two appeals have been made for the consent of a gold mine near Gore. Waikaka Gold Mines Ltd had received consent from the Gore District Council ...

A frank and honest conversation with former prime minister Sir Bill English helped spur Invercargill National MP Penny Simmonds on her way ...

A classic track by The Clean has proven its enduring appeal again. Sogg frontman Ollie Kemmett tells Tom McKinlay about their fresh take. It’s ...

The owner of collapsed large retailer Smiths City has been declared bankrupt. Colin Ashley Neal was adjudicated to be bankrupt by Justice ...

Otago came within a whisker this week of winning the New Zealand first-class title for the first time since 1987-88. Cricket ...

Iran shot down a US warplane in the first such known incident of the five-week war, with one of the crew members rescued and the other still missing.