Police have named the woman found dead in the Timaru River, near Lake Hāwea, on 5. She was Claire Frances Connell, 36, of Australia.

Dunedin’s Netherworld Dancing Toys became the country’s top band with the release of Painted Years in 1985. In recent months Dunedin’s Neville Peat has received major recognition for half a century of ...

Heart Eyes is a competent convergence of ’90s and 2000s-inspired romantic comedies with the contemporary slasher revival of the past decade. Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt has reportedly arrived in ...

Brassicas put in the garden in late December or during January will need protection from hungry bugs, and it's time to plant ...

The Ministry of Primary Industries is investigating a complaint about the school lunch programme. The Cook Islands Prime Minister has written to Christopher Luxon after weeks of communication silence ...

The identity of a man accused of sexually abusing four boys at a prestigious Catholic college in Christchurch can now be revealed. Labour leader Chris Hipkins says Foreign Minister Winston Peters must ...

Crew on a NZ Navy ship saw indications of possible live fire from a Chinese military vessel in the Tasman Sea, an Australian ...

Mercury Energy is warning residential customers are set for a near 10 percent rise in electricity bills this year, blaming it on a host of factors including higher lines charges and energy costs. Data ...

Freedom campers are welcome on the South Island's West Coast, but too many are leaving unwanted deposits behind.

ACT leader David Seymour is the acting Prime Minister this week, with Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters both overseas. Drunken revellers who caused headaches for Twizel residents and businesses on ...

A $4.5 million funding boost has been promised for conservation body QEII National Trust to support its partnerships with landowners to create protected pockets of land under covenants. About 200 New ...

Minister of Defence Judith Collins said that China has launched a second live firing activity in the Tasman Sea. Hamas has released a body it claimed to be that of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, whose ...