The move-on orders legislation has passed its first reading, following a heated debate at Parliament. About 80 people were sat in the public gallery to watch ...

Hawke's Bay mayors have written to McCain asking the international company to pause its closure of a processing plant in the region. In March ...

More than a quarter of a million children in New Zealand could qualify for free flu vaccines from next year. The government's drug-buying ...

Legislation allowing police to issue move-on orders for disorderly behaviour in public places has passed its first reading in Parliament.  It ...

Otago Daily Times readers have shared their photos of an incredible sunrise in the city this morning.

Emergency services attended a spate of crashes in the Ashburton District over the past week, including one where a truck ...

Experienced sports and major events leader Jennah Wootten has been put in charge of the country's largest women's code, with Netball New Zealand naming ...

Many North Canterbury residents are still reeling after hearing the Pegasus golf course has been sold to a Christchurch-based property ...

State Highway 77 has re-opened west of Christchurch following a fire on Thursday morning. Firefighters were called to a vegetation fire near the intersection with Davies Rd, betwe ...

The Opposition says the govt's social housing shake-up is "cruel" and will lead to more evictions, but the Finance Minister says tenants "have ...

"It’s not if, it’s when" is Frank Endacott’s view on whether the Hornby Panthers can break out of their on-field slump and return to the top.