A Christchurch restaurant owner has been sentenced to home detention and fined $20,000 for selling food that was recalled due to unsafe levels of bacteria.

Dozens of people have died after a catastrophic roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic. Opponents of a law change fear it will create a legal loophole allowing the use of AI to cut ...

Dunedin chef Sam Sinclair shares the perfect Easter lamb roast with all the trimmings, and a twist.

A Nelson woman says she was forced to go private after waiting 19 months for a phone call from Nelson hospital about a specialist appointment. Fiordland Swimming Club hosted a successful meet between ...

A mother birthed her baby into chaos after health staff at a South Island hospital dismissed cultural wishes. A Dunedin man allegedly swung a piece of timber at two strangers, striking them in the ...

The Roxburgh Gorge Trail is to be completed after getting rid of "the clowns, the bullies and well-intentioned people" to reach a "balanced solution" which will eventually complete a Queenstown to ...

The Privileges Committee hearing was set after concerns were raised about the MPs' conduct during the first reading of the ...

The death toll from Myanmar's devastating earthquake has surpassed 3000, with hundreds more missing. After intentionally ...

Invercargill man Ken Wellington started to play trombone 67 years ago when he was just a boy in England. The West Coast Regional Council is not backing down in its campaign to have Bailey bridges kept ...

The government claims to be on track for net zero emissions by 2050 but official figures show 280,000ha of public land would need to planted with pines to do it. A "beat-up Honda" had part of its ...

Hansi Pavithra Gamage performs the traditional Sri Lankan dance Kandya to celebrate the Sri Lankan new year at the Sargood Centre in Dunedin yesterday. Pirates and sailors mingled with cowboys, ...

Long-standing Ngāi Tahu rights that could lead to joint management of South Island waterways are being deliberated by a High ...