1+ hour, 23+ min ago   (746+ words) National has pledged to extend paid parental leave from 26 weeks to 30, if re-elected. The party is also proposing to revive a policy that allows parents to take some or all of their leave at the same time. Since 2020, primary carers…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago   (1076+ words) A landmark legal case that argues the government's plan to tackle climate change is unlawful and risky will go ahead today. Climate advocates will argue that the government broke the law when it dismantled dozens of climate policies soon after…...

8+ hour, 48+ min ago   (462+ words) The science progressing the deer industry was celebrated in Dunedin last week. The 11th International Deer Biology Congress was held in Dunedin for four days ending on Friday. As part of the congress, about 130 delegates attended a field trip at deer…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago   (237+ words) Artworks by pupils from across Waitaki will take centre stage at this year’s George Burns Memorial Art Exhibition. The exhibition at the Forrester Gallery celebrates the talent of young people in the district and will run from August 1 to September…...

2+ hour, 10+ min ago   (182+ words) It's a story of two islands for Sunday's weather, with heavy showers for Northland, Auckland, and Coromandel and severe inland frosts for most of the South Island. MetService recorded the lowest temperature at Mount Cook, where the mercury plunged to…...

2+ hour, 20+ min ago   (301+ words) Many people were hurt, some in life-threatening condition, after a vehicle was driven into a crowd near Berlin's Pride celebrations on Saturday evening, the city's police said, after German media reported one person had been killed. Emergency services responded to…...

4+ hour ago   (293+ words) A fundraising page has been launched to create a scholarship in memory of 10-year-old Canterbury boy Alex Bennett. Alex was hit by a car and killed just outside his Leeston Rd home last Wednesday while he was checking the mail....

3+ hour, 34+ min ago   (722+ words) By Ric Stevens, Open Justice reporter This article discusses family violence. A judge ordered a repeat family violence offender to submit to GPS tracking on his release from prison after hearing "terror" in the voice of his victim. The location-finding…...

4+ hour, 1+ min ago   (78+ words) ODT One person has died and another has been injured following a single-vehicle crash near Geraldine. Emergency services were called to scene, on State Highway 79 at the intersection with Slacks Valley Road, just after 9pm on Saturday. Police said one of…...

4+ hour, 38+ min ago   (488+ words) New Zealand's swimmers have continued their strong start to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with Hazel Ouwehand and Erika Fairweather each claiming bronze medals in a thrilling morning of racing. Ouwehand, featuring in her first Commonwealth Games final, produced a…...