A trio of Dunedin wildlife advocates have become the inaugural recipients of an award recognising their pivotal role in shaping the city’s celebration of nature.
While Otago athletes have recorded the third-highest number of sports-related concussion injuries in New Zealand, the Accident Compensation Corporation says that is not necessarily a bad thing.
A second Queenstown Lakes wastewater treatment plant’s failure provides further evidence of under-investment in infrastructure exposed by rapid population growth, a regional councillor says.
From earth moving to managing about 150 contractors a day, Gore’s Stuart Davie is making sure the Kaiwera Downs wind farm runs smoothly and leaves the land how it was found.
Community tensions will surround the release of convicted double-murderer Mark Lundy from prison, and Palmerston North doesn't want him back, its mayor says.
Fire and Emergency say crews were forced to rely on tanker water to put out a devastating and dramatic blaze at a country pub and hotel in South Taranaki.
With the winter grazing season beginning soon, Environment Southland is encouraging farmers to have a plan, make sure the whole farm team knows the plan, and be prepared for when poor weather strikes.
South Otago farmer Henry Smith was ‘‘pretty bloody chuffed’’ when he and his huntaway bitch Trix won the zigzag event recently at the Southland Centre Championships at Mararoa.
The latest attempts to market Dunedin have fallen a bit flat. At least with locals. Paul Gorman turns to the experts to see if we are getting it wrong.
At least 148 people have been found dead in Democratic Republic of Congo after a motorised wooden boat caught fire and capsized, media reports citing local officials say.
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the fisheries of the Waitaki River, a sabbatical from rugby, and the unsafe road outside St Mary's School.