The Waitaki District Council has granted resource consent to Hato Hone St John for a new Oamaru ambulance and training base on semi-rural land at Weston.

Police have admitted shortcomings in their handling of an incident late last year in Wānaka involving two mental health workers and a male patient with a history of violence.

An Invercargill city councillor is shocked about the $5.5 million spent on consultants for the new museum project — but the mayor believes this is a reasonable amount.

A person became pregnant and was traumatised after a sexual health clinic failed to re-insert their contraceptive device.

The Southern Steel showed plenty of promise in their first preseason action of the year.

The Silver Ferns are heading back to the heart of netball in New Zealand.

Otago swimmers have made a strong start to the New Zealand age group championships in Hastings.

Liquidators of Burns Group 2018 Ltd — which owes more than $2 million — are considering their options to enforce an agreement for the sale and purchase of its shares in a subsidiary company.

Vanessa Hendry and Tim Lockerbie have finally booked their "one-way ticket" to Australia after selling their beloved Vanessa’s Cottage Cafe.

The government wants to "turbocharge" global marketing to international visitors, with a new $13.5 million investment in Tourism New Zealand.

Awarua deer farmer Cam Nelson’s strong vision and environmental values won him the supreme award at the Southland Ballance Farm Environment Awards last week.

A South Otago farmer says a new policy to get New Zealand wool products into government buildings is "a huge leap in the right direction".

Peri Drysdale’s eco-minded fashion business is on a runway heading towards a lighter touch on the planet, writes Tim Cronshaw.

Hard conversations are simply that, hard.

US President Donald Trump's administration granted exclusions from steep tariffs on smartphones, computers and some other electronics imported largely from China.