Fire and Emergency New Zealand spent $90,000 on a PR firm and lawyer to help prepare an 80-page submission for a parliamentary inquiry into why its own vehicle fleet has been in crisis for years. MPs were not impressed. "The fact that you had to hire outside a

SIT's nursing school has spent close to half a million dollars refurbishing its clinical suite — and the result is a training ward that looks and functions like the real thing. The Southern Institute of Technology School of Nursing officially reopened the upgraded space last week, expanding the clinical

Nieko Scoles is two wins into a season that could end with him holding two championship trophies. The 16-year-old Invercargill driver claimed his second Toyota 86 Trophy Series race victory of the season at Manfeild last weekend, keeping himself firmly in contention for both the Toyota 86 Trophy Series Championship

New Zealand's country music artist Craig Adams packed out the Glen Country Music Club yesterday — and it was not the first time. Club secretary Mary Hardy noted it was another full house, pointing out the sign had to go up in May last year and again at this

Hayden Paddon of Cromwell and co-driver Jared Hudson claimed a dominant win in the 2026 Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland in their Hyundai i120N Rally2 on Saturday. Paddon won every Special Stage, extending his lead throughout the day to eventually finish with a 2 minute 43 second margin saying, "

Career firefighters in the south will be close to their 50th strike action protest within the next few weeks, with a nationally co-ordinated event being organised to mark the event. The industrial dispute between Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) and the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) will be

New Zealand's two replacement Cook Strait ferries will be named Kupe and Cook — and Minister for Rail Winston Peters is already bracing for the argument. Peters announced the names at Parliament, alongside confirmation that KiwiRail will operate both vessels for 30 years from their arrival in 2029. The

Nearly 500 soldiers are about to descend on Gore — and residents shouldn't be startled by what they hear. Exercise Tauwharenīkau 2026, the New Zealand Army Reserve Force's largest warfighting exercise, kicks off this Saturday and runs through July 26. Around 450 New Zealand Army Reserve personnel