A person is dead following a quad bike crash in rural South Canterbury. Emergency services were called to Spur Hut Road in Waitohi, west of ...

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New Zealand Oil and Gas - which holds substantial oil and gas exploration permits offshore from Oamaru and Dunedin - is under a $30.5m takeover offer by its 70% shareholder.

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

New Zealand has the highest suicide rate for children, a survey of wealthy countries shows. Fire crews south of Ashburton have been battling a large rural fire burning through around 14,000 hay bales ...

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

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

Pharmac is seeking public feedback on a proposal to simplify the criteria for people to receive Covid-19 antiviral medicines.

Prime minister Christopher Luxon has accused critics of the government's pay equity shake-up of "scaremongering" and ...

The person at the centre of a new measles alert in Auckland is a crew member on a Fullers360 ferry, the company has confirmed. One person is dead and three have been injured after an ATV (all-terrain ...