Dog-walking businesses in Dunedin could be put on too short a leash for them to be viable if proposed rules about groups of dogs are not loosened, a hearing has been told.
When tragedy strikes, police are the ones who run towards the danger and sometimes that means making the ultimate sacrifice, a senior Dunedin officer says.
The Catholic Church has apologised again to survivors of abuse in its care, accepting most of the Royal Commission's findings but not fully accepting several others.
Wellington Water's new chief executive says fixing recurring leaks is not a good use of money, with at least a break per day in the pipe network since he started.
Israel has rejected global calls for a ceasefire with Hezbollah, defying the US and pressing ahead with strikes that have killed hundreds in Lebanon and heightened fears of an all-out regional war.
The next generation of New Zealand hip-hop dancers took centre stage in Queenstown yesterday afternoon, in the 2024 hip-hop Unite New Zealand Schools Championships.