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A threat of physical violence to Waitaki District Council staff resulted in the council’s Oamaru headquarters being put into lockdown yesterday afternoon.

Cricket tournaments are a dime a dozen these days.

The Black Caps have the T-shirts, stickers and postcards.

The Gore District Council has taken the first step in what may — or may not — be a happy marriage in water.

There will be no pause for the Gore district plan, as all but one councillor have voted to reject the proposal, albeit with some reluctance.

A tandem effort from Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich and Cr Lee Vandervis sought to put a spoke in the wheel of cycleways spending.

A teenager at the centre of a sexual assault trial has stressed she did not make up the complaint for attention, a jury has heard.

A Bafta-winning producer says her journey to the prestigious award began with her first job at Dunedin’s local news station.

If the offspring ever get organised enough to write the damning story of my mothering, school lunches are bound to feature.

The government is sending mixed messages in its approach to truancy as southern regions have had funding cut for school attendance officers, a Southland principal says.

The 1925 Sanders Cup contests will be generally voted by yachtsmen as the most exciting of the series of races between the 14-footers yet held in the dominion.

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including making buses accessible and affordable, the new tourism slogan, and the cost of hospital maintenance.

A Dunedin underwear thief was found with hundreds of pairs of men’s briefs when police searched his home, a court has heard.

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

The Department of Conservation is urgently calling for vehicles to be banned on southern beaches in the wake of the "appalling" harassment of a sea lion before its death.

In the well-known and much-viewed Air New Zealand safety video, many of the country’s most stunning landscapes are put forward as the "eighth wonder of the world".

Reduced spending on public transport has contributed to a considerable rates break for next year, an Otago Regional Council staff report says.

This might be the ultimate example of a team containing a good mix of youth and experience.