We farewell a fan favourite who flubs it with a flounder fiasco.

REVIEW: The director's greatest feat is actually making more than an hour of one man trapped in a single, Kafka-esque hotel room hugely enjoyable.

REVIEW: While the action scenes and cinematography are good, it really is the characters who stand out.

Victoria University supports calls for free fares, which will allow more students forced out of the central city by rising costs to make it to campus.

REVIEW: Lovingly crafted, this possesses an easy charm, never overplaying the sentimentality card, which this 1930s-set tale could have easily done.

Check out the finalists for the 2022 Southland Times Unsung Heroes' People's Choice Sports Award and cast your vote.

OBITUARY: Former Awarua MP Rex Austin is being remembered as the model of a gentlemanly politician.

Tekapo, the home of NZ's largest telescope, has just become the location for a new research collaboration Nasa.

The Government has announced a further $4.5m will be given for non-lethal military aid in the Ukraine.

Two senior Mongrel Mob members ran a large-scale drugs operation from social housing estimated to have dealt about 1kg of meth a week at its peak.

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"It’s a rotten trick to do on an agency that’s trying to help people," said Male Room founder Phil Chapman.

The current operator relinquishes the grounds on June 30, and the owner says the future use will depend on an imminent High Court decision.

Replacing the 65-year-old seating structure at the Caroline Bay Soundshell in Timaru will cost almost double the original estimate of $1.8m.

Forensic testing was unable to determine where Dale Watene had allegedly been shot in a house in Otautau because there was not enough physical evidence.

Independent taxis are accused of "ripping off" customers in Queenstown, two forced to stay in hostels rather than fork out for a costly trip home.

Only half of NZ's flu vaccine stock has been used, while hospitals are under significant pressure. Why not vaccinate everyone this year?

Wastewater overflowed into Te Henui Stream for just over three hours on Saturday.

Carr will return to the TSB Showplace on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, to begin a 12-stop national tour

The body of an unidentified woman, who has the words “Ride or Die” tattooed on her left inner forearm, was spotted in the water by a passer-by.