An analysis of 6800 packaged foods on New Zealand supermarket shelves has found an alarming number are exceeding the recommended levels of "a hidden killer" — salt.
The coalition government spending more than $150 million on charter schools is a risk to the public education system in desperate need of funding, the chairman of the Otago branch of the secondary...
Government officials have visited Dunedin’s homeless camp at the Oval this week, but at least one person living there remains sceptical help is on its way.
Some first year University of Canterbury students are so famished they are resorting to buying takeaways after meals, despite paying annual residence hall fees of about $20,000.
Police will establish a national gang unit, supported by 'district gang disruption teams', to target crime, harm and intimidation caused by patched members.
Up to 200 production staff could be out of jobs, as the 2024 season of renovation show The Block NZ is axed and the North Shore property remains a building site.
A Catlins family is preparing to celebrate the hard work and perseverance of past and present generations who overcame adversity to remain farming the same block of land since 1893.
Making a living from sheep and beef farming has never been harder and many farmers are in a "misery locker", Beef + Lamb New Zealand South Island lead extension manager Hannah Blakely says.
Donald Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen told jurors the Republican presidential candidate personally approved a hush money payment to bury a porn star's story of a sexual encounter.
David McBride will appeal his nearly six-year prison term after he was sentenced for leaking classified documents that revealed alleged Australian war crimes.
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including councillors feuding over George St, Dunedin's future as a "Night-Sky" city, and the puzzling war against sushi.