New Zealand First has introduced a member's bill to ban the public sale and use of fireworks. "Enough is enough," party leader Winston Peter said in a media release. "The taxpayer should not be ...

Multiple people have been arrested at a protest outside a weapons expo that erupted into chaos in Sydney. Hundreds gathered at the city's ...

The Black Caps will be without Tim Seifert for the upcoming T20 series against the West Indies. The wicketkeeper-batter broke his finger ...

The Waitaki District Council has agreed to accept Crown intervention after its standalone water services delivery plan was rejected last month.

Dunedin Black Stick Blair Tarrant has called time on his international career. The defender hangs up the hockey stick after an international ...

Given the settled conditions over the past few days, it would be easy to think the wild weather of October is well behind us. Unfortunately, ...

McDonald's latest Wānaka proposal is serving up split opinions - with some residents seeing it as a more palatable offer, and others concerned ...

Jamie Melham has created history by riding Half Yours to victory in the Melbourne Cup today. A decade after Michelle Payne became the first ...

A farmer-led initiative is heading up driveways to support rural Clutha families hit by last month's damaging winds. The initiative is backed ...

A United States tourist aged in her 60s was airlifted to hospital in a serious condition after she was struck by a car while pushing her ...

Two people have been taken to hospital, one with serious injuries, after a two-vehicle crash near Invercargill. A police spokeswoman said they were notified of the crash on the Lorne-Dacre Rd (State ...

Multiple structures have been destroyed by fire as firefighters battle a blaze in Canterbury's Selwyn district. Crews were called to the ...