Due to a falling rock this afternoon, State Highway 7 between Hanmer Springs and Springs Junction will be closed overnight. The rockfall happened at the slip site referred to below near Lewis Pass, ...

A section of State Highway 8 in Central Otago has reopened after a fatal crash this morning. The highway was closed between Roxburgh and Millers Flat after the two-vehicle crash at 11.15am. Police ...

A dodgy number plate ended one man’s run in evading his warrants to arrest. It was part of a successful night for Police in Flat Bush after nabbing two offenders for a range of incidents. Counties ...

No longer just a condition of middle age, type 2 diabetes is increasingly affecting children, teenagers and young adults in New Zealand. And our health system is nowhere near ready to manage this ...

There is no night shelter in Auckland and social services report emergency housing is hard to get. Last year, the Ministry of ...

Silver Ferns midcourter Kate Heffernan will become just third player to bring up a century of games for Southern Steel, when she takes the court against ANZ Premiership leaders Northern Mystics in ...

New Zealand’s three large telcos only have 55 percent market share of rural broadband. One of the fastest growing competitors is Starlink. The report notes: “Wisps still serve 16% of rural homes, but ...

The American Samoa Department of Health has issued a travel health alert after confirmation of three imported cases of dengue fever. The department said the disease was found in travelers who had ...

The Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea is telling the government it was wrong to declare PNG a Christian country. Earlier ...

As a record number of job seekers compete for a shrinking pool of opportunities, Asian workers are feeling the strain. Many say they face limited career mobility, caught between an economic slowdown ...

Police have arrested and charged a man following an assault in Whangārei overnight. An allegation of assault on Walton Street has been under investigation, after a woman approached the Whangārei ...

The head of the Telecommunications Forum wants the government to look at prioritising upgrades to the 111 emergency ...