Mexico's top tourist destinations are on red alert as Hurricane Beryl strengthens to a Category 3 storm after leaving behind a deadly trail of destruction across several Caribbean islands.
A man’s "carefully curated collection" of some of the worst child exploitation material found on the internet was so large it equated to him downloading roughly 3300 photos a day for the past 20 years.
The Police Association says it will revise down its final offer ahead of an arbitration panel's decision in the more than year-long dispute over police pay.
Transport Minister Simeon Brown has given the green light for planning to begin on the long-awaited Woodend Bypass in Canterbury, with a toll among the funding options being considered.
Keir Starmer will be Britain's next prime minister with his Labour Party expected to win a huge majority in a parliamentary election, ending 14 years of often tumultuous Conservative government.
A man with links to Dunedin and Queenstown has been jailed, along with two others, for his part in importing millions of dollars of cocaine from Colombia.
Precisely what the All Blacks will throw at them is the big unknown ahead of tomorrow’s rugby test in Dunedin, but England captain Jamie George is sure the challenge will be immense.
It must run in the family. Columba College pupil Alice Johnston, 17, has won the Lions Young Speechmaker Otago-Southland region contest one year after her sister Grace won it.
A Wakari Hospital inpatient ward remains open despite forecasts it would be closed by the middle of the year, with no date set for the controversial shutting of doors.