Residents and officials have voiced their frustration with the "untenable" financial pressures expected to arise from the government’s Local Water Done Well programme at a meeting in Balclutha.

A man who lost $2000 when he got one number wrong in a bank transfer has been told to drop his complaint.

The University of Otago still has to find an extra $23.5 million in savings and its situation could be made worse if the government does not come to the party on Budget day.

As the Covid-19 pandemic brings the world into uncharted waters, Star Media journalists and photographers continue to report local stories that matter everyday - yours. For more than 152 years our ...

As the Covid-19 pandemic brings the world into uncharted waters, Star Media journalists and photographers continue to report local stories that matter everyday - yours. For more than 152 years our ...

A young Mexican social media influencer, known for her videos about beauty and makeup, was brazenly shot to death during a ...

A southern emergency call handler has had an emotional meeting with the mum whose baby she helped deliver during a 111 call ...

A regional landfill operator has been given the cold shoulder by the DCC and was not approached for information while ratepayers could be stung with a $92.4m "gamble" instead, its manager says.

Three patients have been transported to hospital in serious condition after a person was trapped in head-on crash in Dunedin ...

When Cardinal Dominique Mambertì appeared on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica and uttered the fateful Latin phrase "Habemus Papam" (We have a pope), more than a hundred thousand... Cardinal ...

A motel is shutting its doors to homeless people, saying providing rooms has been a "massive drain" on the owners. A motel is shutting its doors to Dunedin’s homeless, saying providing rooms has been ...

Andrea Vance writes a newspaper column. It is critical of the pay equity reforms which I have fast-tracked through parliament to bring about lasting, meaningful change.