A $4.5 million funding boost has been promised for conservation body QEII National Trust to support its partnerships with landowners to create protected pockets of land under covenants. About 200 New ...

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 first electric fire truck in New Zealand started work at Christchurch Airport on Monday morning. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Ukraine and Europe will be part of any "real negotiations" ...

Crew on a NZ Navy ship saw indications of possible live fire from a Chinese military vessel in the Tasman Sea, an Australian ...

Henry Clatworthy and Matthew O’Meara had a quick high-five as a job well done before catching their breath. The great dame can add another glittering trophy to the cabinet. This might be the ultimate ...

Minister of Defence Judith Collins said that China has launched a second live firing activity in the Tasman Sea. Hamas has released a body it claimed to be that of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, whose ...

The Pope's health has deteriorated and for the first time the Vatican is describing his condition as "critical". Christchurch police were generally pleased with the behaviour of Electric Avenue ...

Airlines have modified flight paths between NZ and Australia after China notified Australia it would hold live-fire exercises ...

Dunedin is considering partnering up with Christchurch on the delivery of three waters infrastructure in an effort to save ...

Principals and teacher unions are disappointed an Education Ministry error meant it failed to forecast teacher shortages for 2024 and 2025. Sixty-five years ago John ...

Te Atatū MP Phil Twyford has written to the charities regulator asking for Destiny Church to be struck off. Sixty-five years ago John and Bev French spent the first night of their honeymoon at a hotel ...

Eighteen-year-old Daman Kumar will be able to stay in New Zealand, following an intervention from the associate immigration ...