BBC radio reporter, Anne Marie McAleese, on a whim, turned off the Lisburn Glenavy road to visit The Ballance House she ...

On International Women’s Day (8 March), that is the bold call for action for all women and girls worldwide. As we mark the 30th year of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the world is ...

Recreational use of the City Marina slips and docks for boaters could be realized as early as June or July, city staff told ...

Dunedin moved its Mardi Gras celebration back to Fat Tuesday after trying it on Saturday. The streets are shut down, and during the day, there is music, food, and drinks, highlighted by the parade.

Forget what you’ve seen on the news, Waitangi Day is an in-person experience, says Lucy O’Hagan. It’s a celebration, a reckoning and a vision for the future “Once in your life, you need to go to ...

Hundreds of staff and students were evacuated from University of Otago buildings in Dunedin following a suspected gas leak. Fire and Emergency New Zealand area commander Bailey Wells said ...

Photo supplied Howick Photographic Society Deb Owen OPINION by PJ Taylor (Ngati Pakeha, with Tongan roots) Waitangi Day impresses, always. Opinions expressed everywhere but not by everybody. Many ...

A Dunedin motorcyclist died in a crash after speeding off from a deputy trying to pull him over Friday morning. Deputies were conducting speed enforcement not from where the crash happened. The ...

Presidents Day is fast approaching. Some in the nation will celebrate the highest office in the land on Monday but many are really looking forward to a long weekend and holiday deals. The holiday ...

It was the early 1990s and Waitangi Day had become a focus for protests about mana motuhake, or Māori self-sovereignty. Amongst Māori there were differing opinions on the best way to approach Māori ...

As New Zealand woke to Waitangi Day, 1600 athletes and their support crews began to descend on the sleepy West Coast town of Greymouth, ready to take on the iconic Coast to Coast multisport race.