These days, if you have anything that looks remotely like food when visiting the duck pond at the Dunedin Botanic Garden, it can resemble a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s horror The Birds.
After a teenager was killed at Dunedin’s bus hub last week, questions are being asked about why tragedy wasn’t prevented at a well-known crime hot spot.
A Government House dinner to honour Samoa’s head of state was an opportunity for leading Samoan New Zealanders to share aspirations for Pasifika people and forge new bonds.
About 25 Oamaru U3A (University of the Third Age — a nationwide network of learning groups aimed at encouraging older people to share their knowledge) members celebrated the 100th birthday of Raewyn Wylie (nee Cross) on Tuesday at the Order of St John Hall.
A father is alleged to have subjected his five sons to extreme psychological terror - including lining them up for execution the day after the 1990 Aramoana massacre and telling them he was going to do the same to them.
A man who photographed naked children in recreational centres and committed an indecent act in front of some of them can finally be named - much to the relief of one of the victims' parents.
A middle-aged teacher spent years grooming a girl he met when she was 12, starting a full sexual relationship with her at 16 and marrying her when she was 22.
To coincide with Earth Day, we survey sustainable private and public residential homes in the Southern region and pinpoint where shortfalls lie in creating quality New Zealand housing stock at scale.
Fijian Drua earned a spot in the Super Rugby Pacific playoffs for the second year in a row with a 40-19 victory over the Melbourne Rebels, locking up the final spot in the quarter-finals.
The final scores are in for the tenth round of Dunedin premier rugby. FULLTIME SCORESGreen Is 29-5 Taieri University 37-25 AU Kaikorai 29-26 Harbour Southern...
Consent has been granted under the Overseas Investment Act for the acquisition of a leasehold interest in nearly 1000ha in the Mackenzie district to build a massive solar farm.
Luxury car salesman Colin Giltrap used the money he made selling Daimler, Audi, Triumph, Porsche and Rover cars to fund generations of hopeful motorsport enthusiasts.
The chat-free salon session is now a thing, but is it really that hard to feign a bit of interest in your stylist’s love life and holiday plans? asks Barbara Ellen.
Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton has died after he was assaulted by another inmate in a maximum-security prison earlier this month, prison authorities said.
South African parties are gearing up for coalition talks as the governing African National Congress (ANC) looks set to fall well short of a majority for the first time in 30 years of democracy.
Donald Trump is the first US president to be convicted of a crime after a jury found him guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence a porn star ahead of the 2016 election.
Palestinians eat food cooked by a charity kitchen, near houses destroyed in Israel’s military offensive, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, yesterday.
Disabled people around the country are feeling a mixture of disappointment and relief in the new coalition government's first Budget, writes Dunedin's Chris Ford.
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including violence at the bus hub, savouring wisdom over knowledge, and the inaction of New Zealand police.