The annual event is one of Southland's major economic drivers, injecting an estimated $4 million into the local economy.
Whether you call it an Irish goodbye, French leave or filer à l'anglaise, the act of quietly slipping out of a party without fanfare is a familiar social impulse.
Five applicants are competing to run Molesworth Station as the Department of Conservation weighs new plans for farming, conservation, tourism and public access.
Scott Hastings, the former Scotland rugby centre who played alongside his older brother Gavin for the national team as well as the British & Irish Lions, has died.
The New Zealand First leader said reclaiming BNZ from Australian ownership was a long-term investment in national wealth that would return control of the country's banking system.
The plane from Melbourne to Dallas was forced to land in Tahiti where local police came on board and arrested the man upon arrival in Papeete.
The morning's headlines in 90 seconds, including a New Zealand man forces a Qantas flight to divert, and a dramatic collision at a US air show.
The segment aired on Iran's state-run Ofogh channel and featured a masked member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps demonstrating how to use an assault rifle.
Dashcam footage showed patrol car in oncoming lane on SH1 near Taupō, with a truck driver saying he "just missed" a collision.
Pak'n'Save, New World and Four Square customers will soon have a new way to earn and use rewards across supermarkets as Foodstuffs’ co-operatives announce a new loyalty programme.
WorkSafe warns repeated defiance and removal of safety notices puts workers and the public at risk.
Hayden Tasker has argued he's guilty of manslaughter but had no murderous intent when he fatally struck Senior Sergeant Fleming with his car in Nelson's Buxton Square on the morning of New Years Day 2025.
National justice spokesperson Paul Goldsmith said yesterday that if elected, National will scrap character references for sexual offenders.
New data on New Zealand's estimated population has been released by Stats NZ.
The three-vehicle crash just north of New Zealand's longest road bridge over the Rakaia River closed State Highway 1 for several hours on Friday.
New Zealand's total fuel stocks fell for petrol and jet fuel but edged up for diesel in the latest Government update.
The package will help deliver what's been billed as the second phase of the "Teaching the Basics Brilliantly" changes targeting primary and intermediates.
Emergency services were alerted to the crash at around 9.50am on Sunday, with the aircraft crashing into a mountainside in rugged alpine terrain in Otago’s backcountry.
A High Court jury in Christchurch has returned its verdict after hearing two weeks of evidence.
Foodstuffs launches new loyalty scheme across supermarkets; Loaded guns, Nazi uniform found at home of man who died in police stand-off; New maths hubs among $131m primary learning package.
Fleming's son said the day of her death was "the hardest day our family has ever had to live through" and the second hardest has been "every day since then".
The stores, located in Pukekohe and Pokeno, were also fined over the breach.
Wellington councillor Ray Chung has resigned as the chairperson of a Wellington City Council subcommittee.
