Members of the police commercial vehicle safety unit were conducting spot checks on buses used for ferrying cruise ship passengers between Port Chalmers and Dunedin. Senior Sergeant Hugh Tait said...
A crew of volunteer firefighters encountered "every first responder's worst nightmare" after arriving at a car crash to find their own family members were involved.
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Robert F Kennedy Jr, an environmental activist who has spread misinformation on vaccines, to lead the top health agency in the US.
While thousands of public service jobs have been slashed in the past year, there are big cuts to come - and those who have kept their jobs say they are exhausted dealing with the workload.
There is no doubt the Treaty Principles Bill will greatly damage National's relationship with Māori, former Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson says.