The curators of a Dunedin community garden are gobsmacked at the destructive actions of a "thoughtless thief" who ripped up their patch and stole a week’s worth of vegetables.
A cycle trail should be presented to the public as a viable alternative to trains running in the Taieri Gorge, the Mosgiel-Taieri Community Board says.
Calls for increased safety in the Octagon after a serious assault at the weekend are being met by police assurances the area is as safe — or unsafe — as it has always been.
Kiwirail has completed the first phase of work on the Rangitata River rail bridge, which had one of its 34 piers washed away in floodwaters last Friday.
A care support worker who stole more than $25,000 from two elderly clients, including one’s life savings, used the money to buy a new car, a stereo and pay a friend’s vet bill.
A Dunedin homeware retailer says a "very challenging" economic climate has forced them to close their doors, and warns the challenges for business are far from over.
Dunedin's engineering and manufacturing sector could provide the blueprint for the rest of the country as long as it works together, says the Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing.
A popular Christchurch-made video game, described as a fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent, is set to be turned into a feature-length movie.
Financial worries have forced the organisers of the New Zealand Agricultural Show in Christchurch to postpone the event this year - but livestock judging and competitions will still be held.
Emergency workers tried to clear water-clogged roads and people assessed the damage to homes and businesses on Thursday after a rare and epic rainstorm swamped the United Arab Emirates.
At least 800 people in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province have been evacuated after multiple eruptions of the area's Ruang volcano, which for days has spewed lava and ash clouds into the sky, the...
The glorious weather yesterday attracted many hundreds of people to the various harbour resorts, and the ferry services, which ran extra trips, were much patronised.