The government says it will pull out all the stops to increase grocery competition but Monopoly Watch says it will probably require a break-up of the existing duopoly. Top economists have called for ...

The vicar of a Christchurch church is devastated historic items including silver chalices and a large eagle lectern have been stolen. The ex-boyfriend of a woman accusing a well-known New Zealand ...

Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph has sprung a couple of surprises for the opening game of the season. Hutt Valley mountain biker Erice van Leuven says she endured the "biggest crash of my life" at the ...

Emergency services have been called to the scene where a truck rolled in Harington Point Rd on the Otago Peninsula tonight. When Billy Collins and his whānau headed out off the Kaikōura coast hoping ...

The courts should deal with illegal fishing, Shane Jones says, as he announces proposed changes to the Quota Management System. The country's big four power companies are looking to extend the life of ...

A week into the new school lunches regime, a Dunedin school says they are "not better, not worse" than those served last year. For more than 40 years, scientists have puzzled over how our sensory ...

Freedom campers are welcome on the South Island's West Coast, but too many are leaving unwanted deposits behind. The West Coast Regional Council is defending its latest increase in staff numbers — ...

Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis has joined the government voices urging more mining, but the opposition says it is a smokescreen for digging up fossil fuels. A friend who was with a New ...

Serious injuries have been indicated from a crash near Hurunui. Police have named the two people who died in a crash in Greta Valley late last year. Kāinga Ora is preparing to take a tougher line on ...

Kāinga Ora is preparing to take a tougher line on rent debt. A landlord who says her tenant poisoned her dogs with chocolate ...

A landlord who says her tenant poisoned her dogs with chocolate has had her claim for compensation declined by the Tenancy Tribunal, and been told to pay $1320 to the tenant. US President Donald Trump ...

The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the Covid-19 pandemic is "more likely" to have emerged from a lab than from nature.