CANBERRA, Australia — Ferocious wildfires were burning at emergency-level intensity across Australia’s most populous state and into Sydney suburbs on Tuesday as authorities warned most... Read more
Democracy could emerge the winner from Winston Peters’ unusual High Court case against the Crown, according to Dr Bryce Edwards, who hopes that the outcome helps prevent the politicisa... Read more
After years of negotiations, New Zealand and China have struck a deal on the long-awaited upgrade to their free trade deal. NZ and China at a bi-lateral at the East Asia Summit. Photo: RNZ /... Read more
Plans to build a cockleshell-shaped building at the heart of Dunedin’s waterfront development plan appear to be on ice, at least for now, but the concept is not dead, the Dunedin City... Read more
A decision on how Christchurch wants to spend $80 million of Crown money towards its regeneration will be made on Thursday. An investment case to Christchurch City Council proposes the alloc... Read more
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jake Bernstein was a senior reporter on the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Panama Papers project which won the Pulitzer Priz... Read more
Record numbers of people are asking the government for help to pay for their food and accommodation, with frontline community workers labelling the situation a ‘crisis’. The numb... Read more
Dunedin students say the flat party culture has grown in response to Otago University acting as the fun police and clamping down on student pubs and bars. But a leading preventive medicine r... Read more
The government’s reinstating of the parent visa category for migrants has been criticised for only catering to the rich. The income criteria changes mean a single person wanting to spo... Read more
The Pope has accepted the resignation of the Bishop of Palmerston North, Charles Drennan, following an investigation into a complaint of unacceptable behaviour of a sexual nature. Photo: 123... Read more
