By John Gerritsen of RNZ Te Pūkenga's managers have warned MPs the government will have to bail out struggling polytechnics despite its reforms. Meanwhile, Nelson's mayor Nick Smith appealed to the ...

When you ask SkyCity Stampede defenceman Stefan Amston how he honestly rates his team’s chances coming to the skinny end of the New Zealand ...

"To win one, you’ve got to be in one". If there is one thing Citizens Shield finalists’ coaches can agree on, it is that it is never easy ...

A respected Dunedin professional has pleaded guilty to insurance fraud but will fight to avoid a conviction. The woman’s name and occupation ...

Alexandra, who have proven themselves champion spoilers in the Central Otago premier club rugby competition over the past two seasons, are not ...

Two dozen bookings for a public meeting with David Seymour in Dunedin had to be cancelled after being identified as "very likely" to be ...

A Wānaka-based cleaning business owes creditors more than $1.75 million, the first liquidator’s report shows. The Cleaners Wānaka Ltd was placed ...

A Dunedin massage business that exploited an "isolated and unsupported" migrant worker has to pay her nearly $90,000 after they underpaid ...

Because of transient lives and many New Zealand doctors leaving for offshore pay cheques, the time of the family doctor, known by name, seems ...

A man who made headlines for taking a police car on a 270km joyride is back behind bars after only a few weeks of freedom. Jesse Daniel Nash, ...

A missing German backpacker's abandoned van has been found after she disappeared while travelling solo in Australia's outback. Carolina Wilga ...

Former broadcaster Oriini Kaipara has been chosen to contest the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election for Te Pāti Māori.