The University of Otago still has to find an extra $23.5 million in savings and its situation could be made worse if the government does not come to the party on Budget day.

A young Mexican social media influencer, known for her videos about beauty and makeup, was brazenly shot to death during a ...

A southern emergency call handler has had an emotional meeting with the mum whose baby she helped deliver during a 111 call ...

A regional landfill operator has been given the cold shoulder by the DCC and was not approached for information while ratepayers could be stung with a $92.4m "gamble" instead, its manager says.

Three patients have been transported to hospital in serious condition after a person was trapped in head-on crash in Dunedin ...

Andrea Vance writes a newspaper column. It is critical of the pay equity reforms which I have fast-tracked through parliament to bring about lasting, meaningful change.

When Cardinal Dominique Mambertì appeared on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica and uttered the fateful Latin phrase "Habemus Papam" (We have a pope), more than a hundred thousand... Cardinal ...

New Zealand has the highest suicide rate for children, a survey of wealthy countries shows. Fire crews south of Ashburton have been battling a large rural fire burning through around 14,000 hay bales ...

New Zealand Oil and Gas - which holds substantial oil and gas exploration permits offshore from Oamaru and Dunedin - is under a $30.5m takeover offer by its 70% shareholder.

Pharmac is seeking public feedback on a proposal to simplify the criteria for people to receive Covid-19 antiviral medicines.

The person at the centre of a new measles alert in Auckland is a crew member on a Fullers360 ferry, the company has confirmed. One person is dead and three have been injured after an ATV (all-terrain ...