The government has taken the last steps to reverse Labour's blanket speed-limit reductions, by signing off a new speed limit ...

A wave of air raids hit Beirut's southern suburbs early on Saturday as Israel stepped up attacks on Hezbollah A crowd estimated at up to 35,000 heard speakers slam government misinformation and tell ...

When tragedy strikes, police are the ones who run towards the danger and sometimes that means making the ultimate sacrifice, a senior Dunedin officer says. A Dunedin benefit fraudster forged documents ...

As the Covid-19 pandemic brings the world into uncharted waters, Star Media journalists and photographers continue to report local stories that matter everyday - yours. For more than 152 years our ...

The Catholic Church has apologised again to survivors of abuse in its care, accepting most of the Royal Commission's findings but not fully accepting several others. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston ...

Dunedin is "right to be outraged" by a proposal to downgrade the city’s new hospital, Mayor Jules Radich says.

Wellington Water's new chief executive says fixing recurring leaks is not a good use of money, with at least a break per day ...

Israel has rejected global calls for a ceasefire with Hezbollah, defying the US and pressing ahead with strikes that have ...

For decades, their cries went unheard, but in a moment of long-awaited justice, five brothers stood together as their “sadistic” father was finally sentenced for the historic abuse that scarred their ...

A fine weekend looks to be on the way but it was a cold start for some in Dunedin who woke to a dusting snow on the hills today.

Emergency services, including rescue helicopters, were called to Treble Cone ski field following a major avalanche on Monday morning.

A massive power outage across most of Northland was entirely avoidable, a major report into the cause has found. Seven roles were retained from the initial cuts proposed as part of the public sector ...