A senior Queenstown police officer expects a "dent" has been made in the supply of drugs in the Queenstown-Lakes and Central Otago areas following a four-month police operation, dubbed Operation...
A Dunedin stick enthusiast has been smelling all sorts of potential friends outside his Roslyn home after his owners installed a canine-friendly addition to their lilliput library.
The human remains found in suitcases bought as part of an auction for abandoned goods in a storage unit in South Auckland are those of two young children, police say.
A Covid-19 testing debacle that led to services becoming overloaded as Omicron surged, points to deeper problems, a prominent laboratory scientist from Dunedin says.
Treasury advised against the Government's $350 cost of living payment in yesterday's Budget, saying it was a "poor mechanism for supporting households with a longer-term problem".
New Zealand authorities have given formal approval for the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to be administered to those 16 years and older once stocks arrives in the country.