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A scheduled meeting of the Otago Regional Council (ORC) to vote on a critical land and water plan was abruptly altered following an eleventh-hour governmen. The chan ...

Sammy is undergoing 12 weeks of crate rest after surviving being shot twice with a 22-calibre air rifle. Photo / David Haxton After having been missing for several days, black-and-white cat Sammy ...

WARNING: This story details disturbing sexual abuse against children and may be upsetting. Former sports coach and now ...

Kaitāia College has reportedly gone into lockdown because of fighting and trespassing. Police say they are in attendance after receiving a report of a person trespassing around 1.30pm. “Members of the ...

Land Search and Rescue Northland Rapa Taiwhenua's most experienced member Grant Conaghan QSM (left) is at the helm of the organisation's incident management team during the search for an 83-year-old ...

Jason Devery survived a late birdie charge by Zane Boyle to book a spot in his second senior men’s golf club championship final for 2024. Devery, beaten in a 37-hole duel with Brendon McLeod in Te ...

A duck shot by a crossbow at Whanganui’s Rotokawau Virginia Lake is evading capture despite the efforts of a group of volunteers. Whanganui resident and regular lake-goer Neil Biessel is leading the ...

A new report from the Auditor-General has found the Government lacks “comprehensive information” about how students are achieving in primary and intermediate schools. The report, tabled in Parliament ...

Logic says Auckland has about as much chance as a tissue paper mainsail.

Those were the traits used to describe Himatjit “Jimmy” Kahlon by his own lawyer today as the defence began - and quickly thereafter finished - presenting evidence in his methamphetamine-tainted beer ...

Today on The Country radio show, host Rowena Duncum catches up with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to find out more about RMA reform concerning freshwater rules. We’re joined by Campaign for Wool NZ ...