Tim Brown

The investigation into a junior football coach who allegedly forced a player to rub their nose in the dirt has been described as a whitewash.

The acting Prime Minister has weighed into the debate on access to the Hāwea Conservation Park, saying the National Party has to front questions about how the sale was able to proceed.

The son of an Australian tourist who died on a remote highway in Southland says his mother's death still haunts him and he has not forgiven the man she was last with before she died.

The practise of a Dunedin junior football coach who allegedly made players touch their noses to the ground after making mistakes was meant to be "fun".

The government will contribute more than $800,000 to the development of Dunedin's waterfront. Video

Melbourne Rebels rugby player Amanaki Mafi has been released on bail and will leave New Zealand tomorrow morning.

The latest sale price in one of Queenstown's special housing areas, created to increase the affordability of homes, was $890,000.

A senior Dunedin detective's involvement in a case he had no official role in, and which led to a confession being thrown out of court, did not meet good practice, the police watchdog says.

There are fears the government's foreign buyer ban will have little effect on house prices in the country's most unaffordable area and may make matters worse.

The people at ground zero of the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak are warning that the eradication bid could have disastrous knock-on effects. Audio

The impact British musician Ed Sheeran had on Dunedin has been felt long after his three shows in the city, with news his visit injected almost $38 million into the local economy.

More than 100 students have gathered in front of Otago University's clock tower to protest the destruction of the student magazine's menstruation issue.

Skifields in the Queenstown Lakes district are predicting a bumper season following overnight snowfall.

A man accused of murdering Dunedin teenager Amber-Rose Rush can now be identified as Dunedin doctor Venod Skantha.

Invercargill's museum will remain closed for years despite a $40 million cash injection for arts and heritage projects in the southern city.

The future of Roxburgh children's village now hangs by a thread after the government told local mayors there was no further funding available in the coming budget.

Employees of Dunedin's Cadbury World will be casualties of the city's new hospital, with the tourist attraction confirmed to close to make way for the rebuild.

Dunedin's mayor has apologised for questioning a ratepayer's intelligence during a heated and nasty exchange at the council's meeting this afternoon.

Broken Bad - A Dunedin rehab centre with a waiting list of 142 people, most addicted to methamphetamine, will run out of money in two months.

The mother of murdered teenager Christie Marceau has spoken out against any potential changes to bail law.

The head of the police union is calling for more frequent checks on licence holders and for all firearms to be registered to combat the rising trend of firearm theft in New Zealand.

Southland will be at greater risk of drought and flood in the future because of climate change, a regional council report warns.

A tougher approach to tackle wayward freedom campers around Central Otago's Lake Dunstan may soon be in place.

Dunedin is basking in the afterglow of its biggest weekend ever after hosting three gigs by pop superstar Ed Sheeran.

Ed Sheeran's tour in Dunedin this week has been called the city's biggest event ever, and is hoped to bring its biggest economic windfall since the 2011 Rugby World Cup.