The southern route to the West Coast, which has been closed by a slip since Wednesday, is expected to reopen early tomorrow afternoon.
A Maori woman has reportedly been refused entry to a public bath in Japan because of her ta moko facial tattoo.
An Australian rugby league player has been banned for eight matches after being accused of biting an opponent's penis during a tackle in a local league game.
A woman, hospitalised after inhaling toxic fumes from paint used in her daughter's bedroom, wants the product banned for the sake of newborns, the sick, and the elderly.
A jacket belonging to a holidaymaker who fell from a boat in Marlborough Sounds early yesterday has been found by searchers.
Otago has shuffled its backline in the only change to its team to take on Hawkes Bay on Sunday.
The hurt is over. Indeed, it's been so long since Otago have held the Ranfurly Shield, they had probably got beyond the pain stage.
Graham Crombie has been appointed as the new Chair of Dunedin City Holdings Limited.
In the wake of David Shearer's resignation, political commentator and Otago University lecturer Bryce Edwards believes a Labour Party leadership team of David Cunliffe and Shane Jones could be likely.
Labour MP David Cunliffe says he will decide over the next few days whether to have a further go at getting the Labour leadership, after David Shearer's resignation from the job after failing to get traction in the polls.
The All Blacks will each get $150,000 if they retain the rugby World Cup in 2015, a 50 percent increase on their 2011 bonus, according to a new collective bargaining agreement.
The Minnesota Timberwolves have announced that they had re-signed restricted free-agent center Nikola Pekovic.
Police hunting for the driver of an alleged hit and run that left a 5-year-old Flaxmere boy fighting for his life have seized two vehicles.
New Zealand's man drought in the over 30s age groups is official.
Otago has beaten Southland 47-28 in the pre-season rugby game in Gore this afternoon.
ODT racing writer Matt Smith previews the weekend's racing action.
A car crash on State Highway 1, about 5km south of Milton, caused delays delays to traffic this afternoon.
The complexity and quantity of evidence in the Serious Fraud Office prosecution of four former associates of South Canterbury Finance could be more than the average juror could understand, says Crown prosecutor Colin Carruthers QC.
A judge has delivered a withering summary of lawyer Davina Murray's behaviour as she unsuccessfully defended herself against a charge of smuggling contraband to murderer and rapist Liam Reid in prison.
Prime Minister John Key produced an email in Parliament today which the Opposition says effectively tells Parliamentary Service to hand over confidential phone records of a Press Gallery journalist to the Henry inquiry.
