Regions

West Otago farmer Adrian McIntyre believes his experience living and working on the land will be an advantage in his new role as chairman of Otago Fish & Game Council.

The United States presidential campaign lasted near-on two years and the two contenders spent more than $US2 billion ($NZ3.3b) on the campaign.

A retail and accommodation complex for Cardrona is being mooted by an Australian developer.

Residents from Mexico and India held two celebrations in recent days to mark important cultural events on their national calendars.

Journalist Paddy Gower could have told many a sad story about the personal costs of telling the news in his session at last week’s Queenstown Writers Festival.

Cliff the repurposed ambulance garnered plenty of attention in Oamaru on Saturday on its trip north for the Save our Southern Hospital campaign.

A pair of Dunedin youths aged 15 and 16 left a trail of destruction during a spree of vehicle break-ins in Oamaru last weekend.