A state-of-the-art flight simulator has landed in Otago, giving local helicopter pilots the opportunity to fight catastrophe from the comfort of a computer.
Former Oamaru Mail journalist Scott Preston, who lives near a US bridge that collapsed, says he was in disbelief when he heard a massive cargo ship smashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
Invercargill After Hours Doctors has closed its doors, prompting a temporary service to be set up to ensure the city has access to primary care outside normal working hours.
The Southern Cancer Society is welcoming a win for patients after a boost to the health travel fund’s petrol and accommodation payments for the first time in 15 years.
In keeping with the district’s rural character, organisers of the Clinton School 150th jubilee say they are planning a "plain and simple" celebration this coming spring.
Police have received another offer from the government for sworn staff to vote on, after rejecting an offer earlier this month that was labelled "insulting".
Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr says the tide's turning on inflation around the world and there's a clear feeling among central bank leaders he's spoken to recently that interest rates have peaked and cuts are getting closer.
Over the next couple of weeks, fashion mavens will get a different kind of iD experience: a festival celebrating all things fashion — local, national and a touch of international.
Dried up creeks, dying grass and dwindling stock water is the increasing outlook for many Otago, Canterbury and Tasman farmers under a declared drought.
Directors of the industry-good body for sheep and beef farmers face a season without a pay rise under a tough environment of low prices and high costs.
Divers have recovered the remains of two of the six workers who were tossed into Baltimore Harbor from a bridge that collapsed when a faltering cargo freighter rammed into the structure.
Children in Alice Springs will not be allowed outside at night after the state government mandated an emergency curfew to curb escalating violence in the red centre.
Decades in jail await a New South Wales man who murdered a rough sleeper with a rock and slashed a fellow inmate's throat, after a jury rejected his defence of mental health.
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