Today's Hyde St keg party will serve as a ''test case'', and if it gets out of hand the North Dunedin liquor ban could be back on the table, University of Otago vice-chancellor Prof Harlene Hayne says ...

Police were called to a gathering at a premises in Churton Park on Saturday, December 13, Acting Detective Sergeant Laura Murdoch said about 90 people were in attendance of the supervised gathering, ...

A train derailed in northeastern Thailand on Wednesday after a construction crane fell on three of its carriages, killing at least 19 people ...

Three men who spent six hours in the water after their boat overturned did not have time to grab hold of anything, the Coastguard says. They ...

Dozens of Bream Bay swimmers are being stung by microscopic jellyfish as the sea temperature climbs to more than 22 degrees.

Southland racer Cormac Buchanan is returning to Spain determined to cement his place in the hotly contested Moto3 World Championship. The ...

A dog has been rescued from a hot car that had an internal temperature of more than 49C. The SPCA said reports of dogs being left inside hot ...

EB Games is shutting down its New Zealand business and closing all its stores at the end of the month. In a letter sent to employees last week, ...

Ten years after the death of one of music’s most influential and transformative artists, Dunedin music-lovers will have the chance to celebrate ...

Endurance athletes from around the world will be flocking to Gore next month for a challenge spanning hundreds of kilometres — with an ...

The newly formed Southern Waters group has announced a couple of key foundational roles. Southern Waters said in a statement last week it had ...

A survey of emergency department nurses shows a majority were subjected to abuse over the festive season. The New Zealand Nurses ...