Skip to main content. A fire in a block of trees in the Green Island area today is being treated as suspicious. Revered Otago writer and dedicated environmental campaigner Brian Turner has died, aged The family of a Kiwi woman allegedly murdered by her partner before he killed himself in Melbourne are remembering her as a "vibrant, loving soul" and a "devoted mother".
A drunk deportee approached a woman in her car with his pants down in Invercargill and demanded she look at him while he touched himself. Work will start next week on controlling lagarosiphon in Lake Dunstan but there is no end goal of getting rid of the weed entirely from the waterway.
Otago is the only region with a rise in homes built last year, bucking a trend of plummeting new builds elsewhere in the country.
A Coromandel man accused of murdering a pig hunter and attempting to murder another has been granted bail until his trial in , his lawyer says. Christchurch's Brougham St will be prioritised for upgrades as a 'Road of Regional Significance' by the government, the prime minister has announced. Last month was the coldest January New Zealand has experienced since , and Dunedin was the coolest of the main centres.
The Highlanders finally feel like they have a proper home. Rugby legend Richie McCaw has played a big part in the return of one of New Zealand's iconic adventure events. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has reminded everyone why she is the queen of the slopes.
