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.
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.
Patrons at a Queenstown bar got a shock recently to find its infamous mechanical bull - a permanent fixture since 2003 - gone, with a cardboard tombstone in its place.
A top-order batting capitulation cost the White Ferns in the final match of the T20 international series against England, with another loss consigning the hosts to a 4-1 series defeat.
A former Crusader is defending under-pressure coach Rob Penney as the Christchurch-based rugby franchise grapples with a dreadful injury toll and an unprecedented losing run.
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.
The US government has awarded the state of Maryland an initial $US60 million to begin rebuilding the collapsed Key Bridge in Baltimore, an extraordinarily fast disbursement after such a disaster.
US President Joe Biden and predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton headlined a New York fundraiser, offering a robust defence of the White House's handling of the Gaza crisis as protesters interrupted the event.
AUDIO 🔉: King Charles III, who is undergoing treatment for cancer, has praised people who "extend the hand of friendship, especially in a time of need", and echoed the pledge to serve the nation made at his coronation last year.
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the rise of climate scientists, the art of good business, and getting blasted on Bucky.