Jazz singer Antonia Bennett has just released a holiday classics Christmas album - and If the words jazz and Bennett ring bells, you may have put two and two together. Antonia is the daughter of ...

In parallel, the International, Impartial, and Independent Mechanism for Syria (IIIM) concluded a historic visit to Damascus, emphasizing the urgency of preserving evidence related to the most serious ...

Buildings on the old polytech site in Ashburton have been marked for demolition after failing to find a new home. Earlier this year the Ashburton District Council decided to relocate or demolish the ...

There's a roundabout in Hastings at the intersection of two busy arterial roads - Pakowhai and Evenden - which has an odd dead-end exit. Over a fence there are two blocks of land side by side, 1411 ...

Gisborne District Council is exploring medium-density housing options to combat the city’s housing crisis and meet the region’s economic needs. Mayor Rehette Stoltz says the council is mindful of ...

A street in Tauranga’s CBD returning to two-way traffic will be “good for business,” a cafe owner says. In March, the lower end of Harington St became one-way because of nearby construction and, the ...

At an assets and services committee meeting in November, the committee were asked to approve a grant of $250,000 for a new irrigation system, less than the $325,000 previously thought after further ...

Invercargill's Christmas street lights will glimmer for the final time this year as the council looks to cut costs. Invercargill City Council group manager of infrastructure Erin Moogan said the ...

Earlier this month, the Government announced the end of a pilot programme that allowed Māori and Pacific people to access bowel cancer screening starting at from age 50, effective 5 December.

At Colac Bay/Ōraka, 40 minutes west of Invercargill, a former landfill sits behind a crumbling coastal road next to the ocean. Affidavits signed by past and present residents claim the site is home to ...

Submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill close on 7 January and the Regulatory Standards Bill on 13 January.

Some Vanuatu residents in Port Vila are still too scared to sleep in their own houses as powerful tremors continue to rock ...