Beleaguered West Coast regional councillor Allan Birchfield is calling for council chairman Peter Haddock to stand down from any involvement with the multimillion-dollar Franz Josef flood...
A new protection society has been set up in Queenstown amidst growing concerns over a proposed fast-track development at the foothills of Coronet Peak.
Darcy McDowall, 11, rules the pickleball court at the I AM Games at ILT Stadium Southland yesterday as games volunteers Kit Pryde (left) and Heron Futter from Active Southland watch on.
A person with serious injuries was airlifted by rescue helicopter to Dunedin Hospital on Saturday after the jetboat they were in, crashed on the Ōreti River.
Police are moving to confiscate nine houses and apartments in Christchurch, Auckland, Wellington and Queenstown which have been linked to an alleged black market tobacco operation.
More than $9million has been allocated by the government to replace the 125-year-old wooden Kakanui Bridge, south of Oamaru, but the project is still short of money.