Risk-averse international investors are thought to be flying in their gold to stash it in a discreet, high-security vault near Auckland's international airport. Customs figures reveal an ...

OPINION: They say one bad day in Government is worth more than a thousand good days in Opposition. Tell that to the Greens. They campaigned for a moratorium on new water bottling plants and within ...

A decision in the High Court at Timaru has led to another decision in the Timaru District Court to convert Courtney Curtis-Smith’s prison sentence for a serious assault on his ex-partner to one ...

COLUMN: The primary function of the Williams A Dictionary of the Maori Language, as described in the last column, is to provide English meanings of Māori words or expressions. A different ...

New Zealand Tattoo and Art Festival organiser Brent Taylor wants the New Plymouth District Council to underwrite the November festival.Andy Jackson / Stuff Australasia’s largest tattoo festival ...

Dylan Walker, with beard, is one of the players in hospital after a prescription drug drama in Sydney.RENEE MCKAY / GETTY IMAGES The South Sydney Rabbitohs have confirmed Dylan Walker and Aaron ...

Kopane School principal Neal Duff is retiring after 10 years at Kopane School.Murray Wilson / Fairfax NZ. When Neal Duff became the principal of Kopane School in rural Manawatu, he said to himself ...

“We've got more interesting things to talk about than dresses,” the finance minister said after being asked if she was wearing the same outfit she did during the Budget.

Julia Strelou donates $2 from the sale of her poetry books sale to Women’s Refuge.The-Press / The-Press Local reporting is vital to a thriving and connected community. Help us keep telling ...

OPINION: The Christchurch City Council is to be applauded for moving so swiftly to reinstate a clutch of social-housing units, taken off-line after breaching those ropy meth contamination safety ...

Waxy, new season potatoes are essential on the Christmas table, but to ensure a harvest by December 25 you need to have potatoes chitting by late August and in the ground by mid-September.