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Hospitality businesses in the top of the South Island are struggling to fill summer job vacancies, with some reporting not a single application from the typically abundant visitor workforce.

The government has announced a package of technologies to help councils monitor freedom camping sites.

Engulfed in crisis over the probe into a murdered journalist, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced on Sunday he planned to step down.

It's more than eight years since the earthquakes saw Christchurch crumble. Forty billion dollars has been poured into  rebuilding - but what's missing now, is people. 

Tough new freedom camping rules that ban camping at a number of areas are being praised by Kaikōura residents.

Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech has been charged with complicity in the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017.

Westland mayor Bruce Smith says the West Coast Tai Poutini Conservation Board has become a mouthpiece for Forest and Bird.

The Department of Conservation has scrapped plans to expand its campsite at Lake Ianthe/Matahi, in Westland after strong objections from conservation groups and locals.

Ngāti Waewae's chair is warning the West Coast Conservation Board and Forest and Bird to back off over Waitaha proposal.

With enough investment, Christchurch could become the country's space hub within five years and offer thousands of aerospace-related jobs.

For the first time a session on the Pacific will feature at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights. Audio

A top aide to Malta's prime minister has resigned and been questioned by police investigating the murder of a prominent journalist.

Augusta Capital has reported a significant drop in first half profit and revenue.

At least 21 people were killed when the most powerful earthquake to strike Albania in decades shook the capital, Tirana.

More funding is being proposed to tackle New Zealand's growing waste problem.

An increase in the number of people carving names and words into Moeraki boulders and leaving rubbish behind has prompted calls for better management of the increasingly popular site.

A new movie museum and prioritising a second Mt Victoria tunnel are firmly on the agenda for Wellington's new mayor.

Planned changes for the Cook Islands' consular office in Auckland will strengthen relations with its people living in New Zealand, the Cook Islands consul-general says.

Auckland's biggest Christmas parade will take place today.

Newspapers have been shrinking for years along with the advertising that pays the bills - but travel is bucking the trend in a big way. Ads for tours and trips often make up the majority of the ads in…