Linwood are taking a novel build-up into the preliminary finals of the Metro premier competition on Saturday.

Tauranga mother-of-two Karina Tendler says when it comes to school holidays, something needs to change. She recently approached the Ministry of Education ...

A Canterbury mother says the almost $10,000 fence built between a stormwater pond and playground is an overreaction by council staff.

Some families of Mt Erebus victims who have endured an excruciating wait for a national memorial hope the emergence of three potential sites ...

After his two young cousins were killed in a car crash on Summit Rd in Christchurch, Rob Fleming was motivated to help save lives. Like drivers issuing their own warrants of fitness - that's how ...

Rugby teams around the country will sport bright yellow shoelaces this weekend to remember a Christchurch boy who died from cancer five years ago.

A top Kiwi rower who was arrested in the US after a post-regatta celebration bolted from police and then hid in a bush, official documents say.

Connie Francis, the American pop singer who topped the charts in the 1950s and 1960s has died at the age of 87.

Two youths have appeared in court after an early morning masked ransacking of a South Dunedin dairy. A 15-year-old appeared in the Dunedin ...

Leaving Lookout Point’s brick fire station off a council list of protected heritage buildings does not mean demolition is imminent, fire ...

Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Friday, July 18. Related Stories. ODT quiz: July 17 ...

The owners of a St Leonards house could only watch from the street as their home was engulfed in flames yesterday afternoon. A Fire and ...