Katie Todd

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The cost of living is driving people out despite huge demand, recruiters and unions say.

Eleven whales have been euthanised five days on from a mass stranding in Golden Bay.

For the past decade, Shotover Primary School students have helped other groups bring the wetland back to life.

A hotel with rooms priced up to $50,000 a night is attracting visitors willing to book the whole building.

One school bus route will be cancelled, one new route will be added and 11 will continue on an 'interim' basis.

One in five home-buyers were first-timers - despite soaring property prices and thousands of people on waitlists for affordable housing schemes.

A Dunedin woman is urging people to check they are not booking flights through a third-party agency, after her elderly mother paid far more on flights from Wellington.

Immigration New Zealand rejected the visa application of Nelson aged care worker Nithin Mankeel's son after he was diagnosed with autism.

The acclaimed singer-songwriter brought up the 2023 email to Paul Goldsmith during his acceptance speech at this year's Silver Scroll Awards.

The Australian company is seeking consent to tap into what it believes is a $4.4 billion gold deposit near Cromwell.

Police, paramedics and volunteers are concerned about the number of unsupervised young people who arrive with alcohol.

Australian man Jonathan Young received the bravery award posthumously as he drowned while trying to save the struggling child in Lake Whakatipu.

The move would help protect Piopiotahi for future generations, with talks creating a strong foundation for the future, chief executive Haylee Preston says.

Kate Aynsley, 48, had likely removed the safety catch while preparing to shoot a deer, and then may have slipped.

It wants to shift more services out of Dunedin and Invercargill hospitals and into Queenstown, Wānaka, and Cromwell. Audio

The birds were among the most abundant species in South Island forests in the 19th century, but now number fewer than 500.

The gentailer wants permission to draw the country's largest hydro lake down to lower levels than usual without needing special approval from Transpower. Audio

A record 538 submissions opposed the liquor licence for a proposed Super Liquor, which would be the small southern town's first standalone bottle store. Audio

On Saturday, 150 competitors lined up to see how many laps of the 6.7 kilometre loop alongside the Arrow River they could complete, on the hour, every hour, until they could go no further.

The agency's new safety campaign follows two deaths in five years on the popular Mount Aspiring National Park track. Video

The Clutha District's state of emergency has come to an end, two weeks after damaging winds tore through the region. Audio

Offers of $50 million or more are being sought for Mt Algidus Station, a 22,120-hectare property in the Southern Alps.

The Australian mining company says the 30-year mining permit is one of two key approvals needed to start work on the mine.

The fast food giant's bid to build a restaurant at Mt Iron was declined, so it has now applied to build a 450-square-metre restaurant in the Three Parks business area. Audio