A young Mexican social media influencer, known for her videos about beauty and makeup, was brazenly shot to death during a ...

New Zealand has the highest suicide rate for children, a survey of wealthy countries shows. Fire crews south of Ashburton have been battling a large rural fire burning through around 14,000 hay bales ...

A person is dead following a quad bike crash in rural South Canterbury. Emergency services were called to Spur Hut Road in Waitohi, west of ...

As the Covid-19 pandemic brings the world into uncharted waters, Star Media journalists and photographers continue to report local stories that matter everyday - yours. For more than 152 years our ...

Three patients have been transported to hospital in serious condition after a person was trapped in head-on crash in Dunedin ...

The arrest of a person arriving at the border last month over unpaid student loan debt is an example of Inland Revenue ...

A southern emergency call handler has had an emotional meeting with the mum whose baby she helped deliver during a 111 call ...

A man spotted speeding at over 100kmh on George St had a stolen vehicle being stripped for parts in his garage, police say. A ...

A high-end gallery owner has left Arrowtown’s main street owing a substantial sum. A plea for volunteer firefighters to be covered by ACC was delivered to the capital yesterday. You can bet ...

Prime minister Christopher Luxon has accused critics of the government's pay equity shake-up of "scaremongering" and ...