The man who murdered Ariki Rigby has been sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum non-parole period of 12 years. A Dunedin woman ‘‘angry at the world,’’ vented her frustration by slashing the ...

A prisoner has had a conviction overturned for an assault committed after objecting to being transferred to a maximum-security unit. A devastating roof collapse at a popular nightclub in the capital ...

A 15-year-old male has been arrested and charged with murder after the death of a man in Kawerau last month. The reduction in the number of colonoscopies outsourced to the private sector last year was ...

Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan says his wife slept with a weapon under her pillow "for several months" after he received death threats during the last local government elections. Fire and Emergency NZ has ...

The Qualifications Authority says it is pushing ahead with the use of AI for exam-marking, while raising doubts about its misuse by school students. Customs have seized a total of 25kgs of illicit ...

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 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 ...

Digital tools will play a greater role in the rollout of mental health services for hundreds of thousands of consumers, the mental health minister says. A Dunedin survivor of historical sexual abuse ...

A Samoan national has been sentenced to four years imprisonment after pleading guilty to 12 representative charges relating to a migrant exploitation scheme. A large fire in a Christchurch industrial ...