The first cruise ship passengers in Dunedin this season got a cool reception from climate change protesters, who accused them of destroying the planet.
Chloe Swarbrick is calling for all political parties to have a bipartisan discussion about health infrastructure as a way of avoiding the debacles that have plagued the new Dunedin hospital project.
The first cruise ship passengers in Dunedin this season got a cool reception from climate change protesters, who accused them of destroying the planet.
Niwa’s unauthorised competition with MetService appears to have paid off, with the government giving the go-ahead for it to absorb the state-owned weather forecaster.
Wellington City Councillors will hold an urgent meeting this afternoon, after the govt threatened to intervene following the council's decision not to sell its stake in the airport.
Parker Aluesi and Cody McMullan were the star performers as St Clair claimed senior A men’s victory in the Otago pennant finals at the Alexandra club at the weekend.
More "realistic" house sellers are finding buyers - and there's a warning that anyone expecting lower interest rates to mean higher prices right away could be disappointed.
Tarras farmer Sam Spiers admits he did not know much about solar when he first pondered an alternative power source to pump water uphill to his irrigation pivots.
Waitaki’s Mayor says he is worried at the impact on Waitaki employees in the meat processing sector following the Alliance Group’s planned retrenchment from its Smithfield site in Timaru.
Beef industries overseas are increasingly recognising the power of genetic tools to future-proof their sectors and address their biggest challenges, Beef + Lamb New Zealand says.
Southland Federated Farmers wants its members to rip down access signs and block anglers from their land as a dispute escalates over a controversial court decision.
Caught in the latest government policy changes, Elaine and Chris Gousmett, cannot see a way ahead after decades of battling for adequate disability services.
Ross Brownson's house is known for its colourful variety of sea creatures, most notably a 12-foot (3.65m) shark. Now that house is up for sale, and the sea creatures are too.
US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has defended her record as a prosecutor and pledged to decriminalise marijuana as president as she aims to shore up support among black men.
Juvenile Chacma baboons play on a vehicle during a raid on refuse bins by a troop of Chacma baboons foraging in the residential neighbourhood of Capri in Cape Town, South Africa, yesterday.
North Korea has blown up sections of inter-Korean roads and rail lines on its side of the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas, prompting South Korea's military to fire warning shots.
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including southern independence, when practical people trump the experts, and faking it until you make it.