A person is in a serious condition after an incident involving an animal near Brighton this morning. A Hato Hone St John spokesman said they responded to reports of an ‘‘animal incident’’ on Taieri ...

A flight from Auckland to Queenstown had to turn back after it was hit by lightning shortly after take-off tonight. In a post to social media, Southland MP Joseph Mooney, who was on the flight, said ...

Widespread internet outages are being felt around the North Island, which telcos are blaming on a Chorus fault. "We can confirm that there is a Chorus fault impacting broadband services across all ...

Looking through over Blueskin Bay towards Waitati. - Joanna Salmond-Chang ...

Warbird aircraft engineers are now eligible to apply along with Warbird pilots to the Warbirds Over Wanaka Community Trust scholarship programme, the trust has announced. Warbirds Over Wanaka general ...

A South Dunedin man missing since yesterday afternoon has been found. Police issued an alert after Stephen was last seen about 4pm yesterday. "Police and his loved ones have concerns for his welfare," ...

A man has died after being injured at a property in Allandale, near Governors Bay, in Canterbury. A police spokesperson said ...

"They wasted several months doing that and now they’re coming back to the new one, and only probably because 35,000 people walked up the main street of Dunedin [protesting the moves]." Dr Gardner said ...

Firefighters have put out a blaze at a commercial business in Southland. A Fire and Emergency NZ (Fenz) spokesman said one crew from the Invercargill station and one from Kingswell were initially ...

A disgraced Dunedin teacher who has been jailed for sex crimes against his former pupils is denying a new claim against him. David Russell Bond, 73, is on trial before the Dunedin District Court after ...

David Seymour has taken over from Winston Peters as Deputy Prime Minister. Cabinet minister Chris Bishop says he should have ...