ChristchurchNZ and The Ministry of Social Development has launched Start Me Up - a programme to guide potential business owners or people interested in learning about the start-up process.

'Tis the season when so many of us think about our relationship with alcohol, because what starts as holiday celebrations can evolve into a full on boozy summer.

Monster fatburgs discovered in a Whakatāne sewer will take days to remove and cost ratepayers thousands.

About 3000 boats are expected to converge on the Hauraki Gulf during upcoming Prada Cup race days, starting this weekend, Maritime New Zealand says.

A ragtag group of about 150 people gathered on Parliament's forecourt today to demand an end to Covid-19 lockdowns.

The painting, titled Sleep 'tis a Gentle Thing, was taken along with several valuable artworks over the Christmas-New Year period.

Sexual violence expert associate professor Janet Fanslow is calling for better education around sexual consent and relationships for men and boys.

Police are appealing for footage of the New Year's Eve riots in Whangamatā, as an investigation into the incident continues.

One person has died after a single vehicle crash on the Twizel-Omarama Road in the Mackenzie District.

The government will allow the foreign students to enter the country from April as part of the recovery plan for international education, it has been announced.

Doctors are welcoming new guidelines on when and if it is appropriate to snip babies with a tongue-tie.

A report by one of the biggest banks in New Zealand says the big metropolitan areas are likely to drive economic recovery this year, and that further-increasing house prices will play a big role.

An albatross is rare for any golfer to make, but a sea lion is unheard of, unless you play at Chisholm Links in Dunedin.

A man who used every room in a Dunedin flat - including the roof space - to grow nearly $500,000 worth of cannabis has been jailed.

A 55-year-old woman has appeared in court charged with murder after a man's body was found at a Christchurch home yesterday.

The Council for Civil Liberties is challenging a claim by former National Party leader Simon Bridges that people should have total freedom of expression on Twitter.

Travellers from nearly all countries will soon have to provide a negative Covid-19 test before arriving in New Zealand under tough new rules announced today.

A study informing a national rollout of cervical self-testing has presented evidence to support a future programme.