Car doors, loads of bottles, used needles and other drug paraphernalia were among the loads of rubbish picked up by more than 150 volunteers at Dunedin’s Smaills Beach on Saturday.
A group of teenagers lost in the Southland bush have been praised by police for making the right decision by notifying emergency services and staying put for help.
The Dunedin City Council is confident the new George St playground will be safe and robust enough to withstand anything — including inebriated students.
Gin enthusiasts Chris Belliveau and Mel Smith, both of Christchurch, taste their gin concoctions at the Dunedin Craft Distillers Blend Your Own Botanical Spirit workshop on Friday.
The corner of the Riverton Rugby Club’s flag has been deliberately torn off — but the mutilated flag has only earned infinite respect and pride among members.
Several prominent New Zealand and Australian actors are starring in an apocalyptic, neo-Western action horror being shot in Queenstown and near Glenorchy.
A cellphone prohibition policy comes into effect throughout the country today, mandating schools to ensure pupils don't use or access to a phone during class time, lunchtime and breaks.
That was definitely not a rueful smile on coach Clarke Dermody’s face as he reflected on a game that was painful to watch but at least ended in a Highlanders victory.
The Dunedin City Royals secured their first win of the Southern League season with a well-deserved 4-0 win against Universities of Canterbury at Tahuna Park on Saturday.
Sustainable Tarras is urging Santana Minerals to "do the right thing", reject the govt's proposed fast-track approval process for its $4.4b Bendigo-Ophir gold mine project and talk to Tarras residents about its plans.
Many in the investment community look out for Larry Fink’s annual chairman’s letter to investors. At 11,000-odd words it’s not a short read, but in my experience, it’s a thought-provoking one.
The Canterbury A&P Association's board is keeping quiet after it emerged one of its own received $75,000 to help secure a $5m bailout deal with a council.
About 500 trail runners will be greeted at the finishing line of the Skedaddle race this weekend by Island Hills Station landowners Dan and Mandy Shand.
US President Joe Biden delivered an election-year roast at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner as protesters outside criticized his support for Israel.
New rules will force electric and hybrid vehicles to make sounds at low speeds next year, in a move that could save the lives of Australian pedestrians.
Pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested on a handful of US university campuses on Saturday, as activists vowed to keep up the movement seeking a ceasefire in Israel's war with Hamas, among...
It is not news New Zealand has an ageing workforce, but some may be surprised the average age of retirement from paid work has risen six years in the first 20 years of this century.
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including amazing bus drivers, Luxon's path of destruction, the trouble with cats and dogs, and South Dunedin's future.