Motorists are also being warned to take care in Otago and Southland, following several days of frost and icy conditions. Police say shaded areas and bridges can be particularly dangerous.

The Chamber of Commerce is donating all profits from regional board game's online sales, to the Tasman Mayoral Fund. Chief executive Ali Boswijk says it's a unique opportunity to turn their most ...

The products are being sold as singles in supermarkets and liquor stores, and are stronger than RTDs, ranging from seven to 16 percent. Communities Against Alcohol Harm have been raising the issue of ...

The Finance Minister has been talking with the dairy co-op about why the price of butter has almost doubled in the past 14 months. Fonterra's pointed to the widely-reported rise in international ...

Fonterra is ruling out selling butter to New Zealanders, at a lower price than it makes overseas. But Willis says she has no regrets about raising the issue with the dairy co-op in the first place.

It happened about 9am on Wednesday - at the intersection of Grahams Road and Westburn Terrace, in Burnside. The driver left the scene without checking on the seriously injured cyclist, who was taken ...

The partnership between the two organisations focuses on Remarkables Station - nestled between the mountains and Lake Whakatipu. It is currently leased as a working deer, cattle, ...

The man reached out to Police about 7:30pm - after realising he wasn't properly dressed or equipped for such an endeavour. Senior Constable Barry Shepherd says it was a close call and the man could ...

Only one psychiatrist in the country has been able to prescribe the unapproved medication. Associate Health Minister David Seymour says more practitioners will soon be able to prescribe the drug, ...

Police sent out a mobile emergency alert about 8.30 last night, warning a 79-year-old woman who suffers from a medical condition -- believed to be dementia -- had gone missing from Bishopdale. It ...

On a Sunday in May 1995, a six-year-old boy was publicly identified as the second-most-important person in Tibetan Buddhism. Three days later, he was disappeared by China's communist authorities.

A convicted mass killer's co-workers, cellmates and former Tinder matches have labelled him "socially awkward" and "annoying" in newly released police documents. Bryan Kohberger was sentenced this ...