The Police Association says it's aware an internal investigation is under way, after police staff were found to be searching the main database for details about Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming's death.
New Zealand continues to lose residents in record numbers, and the gain from migration has tumbled to less than a quarter of the record surge a year ago.
Prince Harry claimed a "monumental" victory over Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper group after the publisher settled his lawsuit, admitting unlawful actions at its Sun tabloid for the first time...
Turkey has detained 11 people as part of an investigation into a fire that killed 79 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in the Bolu mountains, Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said.
US President Donald Trump has said he would add new tariffs to his sanctions threat against Russia if the country does not make a deal to end its war in Ukraine.
There were 72 drowning deaths recorded last year - one of the lowest totals on record - but a new report says there are some key areas that could reduce that total even further.
Recently graduated enrolled nurses are struggling to find jobs, after spending thousands of dollars on training that they hoped would open up more career opportunities in healthcare.
A robbery by two masked men armed with guns and a hammer is the latest in a string of incidents which has turned a quiet Dunedin street into "crime central", a resident says.
A popular Central Dunedin walkway has been engulfed by nature after the council all but abandoned efforts to maintain its grass verges, a resident says.
A Dunedin Kāinga Ora tenant with bowel cancer and declining mental health says he has been given the "runaround" for years over a request to move to Christchurch to be closer to family.