New Zealand

The first structural steel was installed yesterday, marking the moment the inpatient building begins to rise above ground after months of foundation work largely hidden from public view. It is a significant build by any measure. The inpatient building covers 72,000 square metres — the largest component of the entire

A tsunami warning issued after Thursday night's earthquake near Te Anau has been downgraded to an advisory, after the quake's magnitude was revised from 6.3 down to 5.9. The National Emergency Management Agency says coastal inundation is not expected, but dangerous currents and unpredictable

Whittaker's has gone full childhood nostalgia with its latest limited-edition block — white chocolate loaded with bubblegum flavouring and actual gumdrops. The Gumdrop Block hits supermarket shelves Monday. It's made with Whittaker's 28% cocoa white chocolate and contains five different gumdrop flavours scattered through the

The Eastern Southland Gallery has lost one of its most devoted friends. Sir Sam Neill, who died on July 13 aged 78, spent more than 25 years quietly shaping the Gore gallery's collection and championing the idea that provincial New Zealand deserves serious contemporary art. Gallery curator Jim

Paul Henry is heading to Parliament — or at least ACT is betting on it. The veteran broadcaster announced this morning he will stand as an ACT Party list candidate at November's general election, having resigned from the TVNZ board to do so. ACT leader David Seymour expects Henry

The Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland, Round 3 of the Brian Green Property Group NZ Rally Championship, has scored a major coup with the entry of top New Zealand driver Hayden Paddon into the event on Saturday 18 July. Paddon, the first kiwi to win a World Rally Championship (WRC)

Yesterday marked 59 years since one of the biggest changes in New Zealand's financial history. On 10 July 1967, New Zealand officially changed from the old British currency system of pounds, shillings and pence to the decimal system of dollars and cents, making everyday transactions far simpler for

A pastoral carer and He Toki Co-ordinator at the Southern Institute of Technology has created a striking carved artwork for the campus — and every element of it means something. The piece was entered into a staff and student art competition. Its creator, who works with SIT's He Toki