Immigration New Zealand has received nearly 300 offshore visa applications from Israeli, Palestinian and Iranian nationals since 1 June 2025. A woman has been arrested after a sudden blaze at a small ...

One person was taken to hospital with moderate injuries after a piece of heavy machinery slid into a hole near Invercargill. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said they were called to the ...

The Minister for Mental Health has been briefed on the death of a baby found in a wheelie bin in Auckland. A severed ...

Kanye West has had his Australian visa cancelled after he released “Heil Hitler”, a song promoting Nazism, the country’s home ...

NZers who moved overseas without paying their student loans are living with skyrocketing debt because of compounding ...

A severed fibreoptic cable is behind a mobile phone and internet outage across large parts of Golden Bay, in Tasman. Police ...

The first commercial flight from Dunedin direct to Australia in five years was more than just a milestone for some passengers. Tim Scott joined those aboard the Gold Coast flight. Record numbers of ...

Funeral debt is an unwelcome, extra burden at a time of grief for a significant number of people. I have always wanted to visit Hallstatt, a prehistoric site that his given its name to the early Iron ...

Police are appealing for information relating to a three-month-old Hutt Valley baby who suffered multiple fractures to her ...

A prominent New Zealander has been granted continued suppression orders prohibiting media from publishing his name and the charges he faces. The man accused of fatally stabbing four University of ...

It’s quarterfinal time this weekend on ODT Rugby Chat and we talk to two of the contenders in Dunedin and Southern. Otago Paralympian Adam Hall has been selected for his sixth Paralympic Winter Games ...