The death toll from Myanmar's devastating earthquake has surpassed 3000, with hundreds more missing. After intentionally ...

An upcoming collaboration between local band Ivy and the Dunedin Youth Orchestra is a beautiful collision of two very different musical worlds. It’s music with fighting spirit and action, played loud.

January tends to be a month when bars and musicians alike are taking a well-deserved break. Dunedin electronic dance music fans were treated to a feast of underground talent last Saturday at the ...

It has never been a secret to those in the South, and now Queenstown Airport's landing has received international acclaim. Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Glyn Lewers admits his council should have ...

After intentionally driving his car into a 15-year-old boy several times, Manuhuia Kupe and his partner, Miria Thompson, got out of their vehicle and laughed at him. Inmates at a men's remand prison ...

The boat that capsized off the coast of Kaikōura in 2022, killing five people had hit a whale, and those who died were trapped in the petrol-contaminated hull, the transport watchdog has found. Two ...

As the Covid-19 pandemic brings the world into uncharted waters, Star Media journalists and photographers continue to report local stories that matter everyday - yours. For more than 152 years our ...

The Privileges Committee hearing was set after concerns were raised about the MPs' conduct during the first reading of the ...

A woman was carjacked at a busy intersection by a stranger high on drugs who was carrying a rubbish bag full of clothes. A Nelson woman says she was forced to go private after waiting 19 months for a ...

The new RNZ-Reid Research Poll shows the political race has tightened since the election, but the coalition parties are still ...

The entire population of a remote Queensland community have fled for higher ground after a levee broke in floods twice the size of Victoria. A man travelled between New Zealand, Australia and Fiji for ...

Emergency services have been called to a serious crash involving a pedestrian and a truck in Canterbury. Part of SH73 is closed. Police are investigating a New Zealand gang’s involvement in a scam in ...