Mike Butterick cuts the ribbon on his Wairarapa electorate office in Masterton. Tararua District Mayor Tracey Collis (second from left) was there for the opening. Mike Butterick feels his role is to ...

Auckland councillors will consider a confidential paper tomorrow containing options to prevent water bills from rising by 25 per cent in July. The Government’s move to scrap Labour’s ‘Three Waters’ ...

The political mood is still gloomy and discontented, mainly due to dark economic times.

Two Havelock North authors have raised $1300 for cyclone relief. Judith Bartlett and Jocelyn Williams held a dual book launch at St Columba’s Church. More than 40 people attended the event, taking the ...

The new two-lane bridge over the Kahouri Stream on State Highway 43 east of Stratford has now been officially blessed by iwi and is expected to be open to traffic by the end of next week, weather ...

Aaron Smith of the All Blacks dives over for the first try during the Rugby Championship match between Argentina and the New Zealand All Blacks at Estadio Ciudad de La Plata. Photo / Getty Images.

The ABs' Cory Jane dives over for a late try at Estadio Ciudad de La Plata. Photo / David Rogers/Getty Images We may have given them a towelling on the field but the Argentinians gave us a few lessons ...

One of New Zealand’s most accomplished Tall Blacks, Kirk Penney, has today been announced into the 2024 class of the Fiba Hall of Fame. The Fiba Hall of Fame is dedicated to athletes and coaches who ...

Strengthening work is being carried out on the Whangaehu River Bridge near Whanganui, with temporary speed restrictions in place from May 7. Road users travelling on State Highway 3 south of Whanganui ...

A company majority-owned by Chinese interests has won consent to buy farm land for a controversial scheme to convert rubbish into energy on Canterbury dairy land. Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New ...

The half-brother of Lachie Jones has denied any involvement in his death, telling the inquest he got on well with the boy. On January 29, 2019, three year old Lachie was found dead late in the evening ...

A three-month-old Christchurch girl suffered “repeated episodes of inflicted injuries” including “at least 31 fractures” and two severe head injuries at the hands of her father before he allegedly ...