Protesters outside the Palmerston North courthouse on August 19, 1980. A number were well known local figures. On the left are Red Parsons, Liz Gordon (holding the left side of the placard that ...

Artist Jennifer McLaren, 37, and her daughter Olivia, 4, in Ripponvale, Cromwell, open their doors. JENNIFER: I live in the country but it's close enough to town. It's peaceful but your neighbours ...

The plane was already scheduled for routine maintenance in Singapore this week. (File photo)AIR NEW ZEALAND An Air New Zealand plane suffering a hole in the fuselage after hitting an airbridge is ...

NZ First leader Winston Peters says the Fuji Xerox scandal raises serious questions about whether the country is free of corruption.MURRAY WILSON / FAIRFAX NZ Winston Peters says his repeated ...

Lloyd Esler with his piece of the failed Kosmos 482 probe to Venus.Robyn Edie / The Southland Times When Southland teacher-historian Lloyd Esler learned that the Cold War-era spacecraft Kosmos 482 ...

Iconic New Zealand singer Eddie Low has died at age 81 after battling cancer. Low was born blind because of the German measles in Rotorua on 14 May 1943. He was educated at the Foundation for the ...

The personal secretary and an adviser to Mexico City’s mayor were shot dead Tuesday (local time), authorities said, in the worst attack against public officials in the capital in recent years.

Local reporting is vital to a thriving and connected community. Help us keep telling Southland's stories by making a contribution. Geoff Valli plans to mark the 10th anniversary of the Pike River ...

Police say "uninvited guests" arrived at a 21st birthday party where two men were killed and three critically injured in a mass brawl overnight. The brawl took place on Lytton Road in the Gisborne ...

Kiwi radio host Nate Nauer has left the Mai FM Morning Crew after a decade being a part of the station, it has been announced. An article on the Mai FM website says the broadcaster has finished ...