The Gore District Council’s resource consent applications to build a cable-stay bridge across the Mataura River, near the existing Gore traffic bridge, has attracted 46 submissions. There are: 26 in opposition 17 in support 2 neutral 1 in support of the concept but opposing the site The resource con

Weird History presents Timeline 1986 – we’re going back to ’86, prime 80s, when we would see terrible tragedies such as the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion and Chernobyl meltdown. But it wouldn’t be all bad news, 1986 would also see such highlights as the inception of Pixar, Clint Eastwood became

Three lucky Lotto players from Auckland, Hawera and Queenstown will be celebrating in style after each winning $333,333 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Smart Superette in Auckland, Pak N Save Hawera in Hawera and Night n Day Church Street in Q

National’s promising a short-term package of tax cuts – worth about $4.7 billion – to kick start the economy. Leader Judith Collins and finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith announced the policy in Wellington this morning. Watch the announcement Here: The changes would be made by significant increases

England Roses shooter George Fisher is looking forward to taking her game to a new level after signing with the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel for the 2021 ANZ Premiership season. The 21-year-old has 12 Test caps for England after making her debut as a teenager, and heads to New Zealand after five

Heavy rain about the Tararua Range easing. Westerly gales in the far south. Heavy rain about the Tararua Range should ease this (Friday) morning as the cold front, which brought snow, heavy rain and gale northwesterlies to parts of central and southern New Zealand, moves away to the north. Meanwhile

After 20 years in the job, ILT Stadium Southland boss Nigel Skelt has become pretty resilient about things not always going to plan. And when he needs some downtime to reflect on business decisions that may have gone awry, he grabs the hoover. Both at home and at work, he said if there’s a lux […]

Wondering about who stands for what? Welcome to RNZ’s go-to guide for party policy this election. We’ve put together a directory with some brief information about what the parties represented in the last Parliament would do if they were re-elected. Labour leader Jacinda Ardern, National leader Judit