Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph has sprung a couple of surprises for the opening game of the season. Hutt Valley mountain biker Erice van Leuven says she endured the "biggest crash of my life" at the ...

When Billy Collins and his whānau headed out off the Kaikōura coast hoping to catch tuna, they were not expecting to return home with a 67kg striped marlin.

The multimillion-dollar debts keep mounting for companies associated with a failed South Island Wagyu beef operation.

Hundreds if not thousands of people are applying for the same jobs in the wake of last year's public sector gutting, a former ...

One person has died following a crash on the Lewis Pass (State Highway 7) late last night. Police said they were notified of ...

The courts should deal with illegal fishing, Shane Jones says, as he announces proposed changes to the Quota Management System. The country's big four power companies are looking to extend the life of ...

Freedom campers are welcome on the South Island's West Coast, but too many are leaving unwanted deposits behind. The West Coast Regional Council is defending its latest increase in staff numbers — ...

A week into the new school lunches regime, a Dunedin school says they are "not better, not worse" than those served last year. For more than 40 years, scientists have puzzled over how our sensory ...

Kāinga Ora is preparing to take a tougher line on rent debt. A landlord who says her tenant poisoned her dogs with chocolate ...

Primary schools are starting the year with a new maths curriculum and it's a lot harder than the old one. One person has died ...

Grass-track harness racing returns to the South in 2025 at Riverton tomorrow. Two southern colts with a spring in their step should attract some interest at the Karaka yearling sales. ODT Odds On ...