A runaway car that crashed into another vehicle in central Dunedin sparked a response from emergency services this morning. Six years after completing the first leg of his solo circumnavigation of the ...

A Birdlings Flat resident has taken top honours in a global competition to find the world’s ugliest lawn. Police believe ...

Police across the motu will observe a minute's silence in honour of the Nelson police officer killed on New Year's Day. The Regulatory Standards Bill is "dangerous" and "alarm bells need to ring", ...

Scientists need help to work out why monarch butterfly populations in Australasia seem to be declining, writes Myron Zalucki. Norman Winter of Tribune News Services takes a look at a new flower ...

Firefighters have finally started gaining control over two major wildfires in Los Angeles, as fierce winds that supercharged ...

A mother of three is facing a $38,000 bill for overpayment of Working for Families credits after being caught out due to an oversight in filling out an IRD form.

As LA construction worker Ivan De La Torre surveyed a landscape of smoking wreckage in fire-ravaged Altadena, a question nagged at him: how would insurance companies cover the cost of rebuilding an ...

Scrub fires around the country are keeping fire crews busy today. The firefighters' union has serious concerns about the deteriorating state of Auckland's frontline fleet of fire trucks and specialist ...

The government has been accused of a "blatant disregard for transparency" as unanswered questions continue to mount while the ...

A person has died after being found at the bottom of a cliff in the Coromandel. More of upscale Pacific Palisades is being ...

The small town of Luggate is sharing its rich history with a new information board at the Luggate Taylor Park, inspired by former teacher and local Jenny Moss. The Cardrona Distillery has marked its ...

Nicholas Evans was a man of elegance and sophistication, distilling bespoke spirits for the upper-crust. He was also a crook and habitual liar. Rob Kidd reports on a man who couldn't escape his past.