Even the most dedicated doomscrollers smile once in a while. Here’s a look back at some of the Associated Press stories that captured attention around the world and provided moments ...

New Zealand training organisation MITO will become MITO Ltd from 1 January 2026 and retain its executive director as the new ...

Art Shanty Projects, the Great Northern and the World Snow Celebration celebrate the coldest months of January and February.

Video from the Firefighters Union shows the truck leaking transmission fluid in Silo Park. The union claims the failure represents a system with no resilience when frontline appliances fail. Fire and ...

Beyoncé sang it best in her hit song Ego when she declared, “It’s just too big.” Anyone who is seriously scared of large things might very well relate. While it’s considered an irrational fear, it’s a ...

Fire and Emergency (FENZ) says paid firefighters are "rolling the dice on people's safety" with ongoing strike action. Farmers will be exposed to the uncertainty of the three-year political cycle by ...

Two people were taken to Dunedin Hospital with minor injuries.

Road users are being asked to delay their journeys or avoid a northbound area of State Highway 1/Dunedin Southern Motorway ...

A crash involving a logging truck has blocked lanes on Dunedin’s Southern Motorway. Police said emergency services were ...

Emergency services are responding to a crash on Dunedin's Southern Motorway, which has blocked the northbound lanes.

Emergency services are responding to a crash involving a logging truck and a car on the Dunedin Southern Motorway, which has blocked northbound lanes and caused significant traffic disruption. The ...

James Fraser During the local elections I would pop up at the hustings and ask candidates “Do you support a new Mt Vic Tunnel for cars. Yes or No?” Apart from candidates for the regional ...