Patricia Hailes has become a Christchurch community treasure over the past five years, offering near-free books, clothes and other secondhand ...

After a week of fighting large fires across Dunedin, firefighters will be walking off the job for one hour after union negotiations failed ...

Bridget Jones has joined the likes of Mary Poppins, Harry Potter and other beloved film characters with her own statue in London's Leicester ...

An engineer's report on the damage to the Tinwald Viaduct after a crash in June says another impact would heighten the risk of the bridge collapsing.

The legislation amends the Crimes Act to make stalking and harassment punishable by up to five years in prison. Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said today that stalking was "insidious behaviour" and ...

NZ First leader Winston Peters' vow to repeal the Regulatory Standards Bill (RSB) if re-elected next year has prompted the bill's key ...

Work to replace a Marlborough Sounds jetty has taken a dive after a digger got stuck and became submerged. Contractors were replacing the ...

When families and buildings are lost to time, the roses remain. Heritage roses, often found in graveyards, old farm sites, along fences ...

Several people have been injured and a highway has been closed after a multi-vehicle crash on the West Coast. Police were notified of the crash ...

Merv said the world record attempt followed an earlier plan a couple of years ago to set a world record in track cycling. However, a bike crash in Invercargill resulted in a ‘‘buggared’’ hip and ended ...