10+ hour, 18+ min ago   (226+ words) Dunedin is set to be announced as the host of an international surfing event. The World Surf League is to bring an Asia-Pacific qualifying event to St Clair Beach in March next year, media have been told. It is expected…...

10+ hour, 39+ min ago   (328+ words) "I didn't challenge for the leadership." That's the word from senior National MP Erica Stanford who says she "categorically" supports the prime minister following a tumultuous leadership bid last week. National Leader and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon survived a confidence…...

11+ hour, 13+ min ago   (308+ words) The parents of a young boy killed in a Christchurch dog attack have paid tribute to the “light of our lives” following his death on Friday. Police on Sunday afternoon named the child as Sonny-Charles Watson, aged one. Police found…...

13+ hour, 53+ min ago   (90+ words) Fire crews are battling a large blaze at a cinema in the Auckland suburb of Botany Downs. A worker at the Botany Town Centre says flames are shooting out of the Hoyts movie theatre. She says about a hundred people…...

16+ hour, 7+ min ago   (281+ words) Former Tall Blacks and Otago Nuggets coach Tab Baldwin has been permanently banned from university sport in the Philippines, following the deaths of two players at a training boot camp. In June, the American-Kiwi coach resigned after two athletes he…...

15+ hour, 3+ min ago   (405+ words) A little penguin has died from bird flu before a vaccination programme begins, among new positive detections of the deadly disease in wild birds across two states. Victorian authorities confirmed the death of a penguin from Phillip Island on Saturday…...

16+ hour, 46+ min ago   (154+ words) Four people in hospital, one with critical injuries and another seriously hurt, after a knife attack in Hamilton. The police said a 23-year-old man was in custody and they wanted to reassure people they didn't believe there was an ongoing…...

18+ hour, 28+ min ago   (128+ words) A private urology practice has brought “gold standard” prostate cancer diagnostic technology to Queenstown. Queenstown Urology has introduced a transperineal MRI fusion prostate biopsy service to Southern Cross Central Lakes Hospital. It means men in the Whakatipu can now access…...

19+ hour, 22+ min ago   (22+ words) ODT Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Sunday, August 16....

19+ hour, 49+ min ago   (330+ words) Young people, power tools, and skateboards … what could possibly go wrong? Where most people see an accident waiting to happen, Wānaka mum Kirsty Taylor saw an opportunity to engage young people on their own level, inspiring creativity while providing a…...