Police have named the woman found dead in the Timaru River, near Lake Hāwea, on February 5. She was Claire Frances Connell, 36, of Australia.

Photography is a colonial art form, historically feared by Māori people. Reed waka were essential for life in the south, writes Seán Brosnahan. The owners of this house relocated from a city where ...

ACT leader David Seymour is the acting Prime Minister this week, with Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters both overseas. Drunken revellers who caused headaches for Twizel residents and businesses on ...

Heart Eyes is a competent convergence of ’90s and 2000s-inspired romantic comedies with the contemporary slasher revival of the past decade. Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt has reportedly arrived in ...

Two of North Canterbury's district councils are looking to join forces to manage their water infrastructure - while one is proposing to go it alone. Every morning when Aaron Wilkinson arises at his ...

Brassicas put in the garden in late December or during January will need protection from hungry bugs, and it's time to plant ...

Hundreds if not thousands of people are applying for the same jobs in the wake of last year's public sector gutting, a former senior worker struggling to find employment says. Police are investigating ...

Crew on a NZ Navy ship saw indications of possible live fire from a Chinese military vessel in the Tasman Sea, an Australian ...

The identity of a man accused of sexually abusing four boys at a prestigious Catholic college in Christchurch can now be revealed. Labour leader Chris Hipkins says Foreign Minister Winston Peters must ...

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Tūhura Otago Museum senior events co-ordinator Jessica Hatfield gives a giant African millipede a kiss as part of Bug Day.