A woman woke in the middle of the night to find an intruder standing next to her bed, armed with a knife and masturbating. A police chase ended with an alleged offender having to be rescued from a ...

As the name suggests, the Kōpūtai People’s Party are a Port Chalmers-based band who play a mixture of funky, original tunes, with the odd bit of reggae for good measure. Saturday Night is Jason ...

A rule change earlier this year appears to have led to a sharp increase in the number of applications for emergency housing being declined. When we die, most of us will end up in a brown box, but the ...

The search for an elderly New Zealand man missing for a week has made no progress over the weekend, police say.

The Black Caps have a chance to sweep India 3-0. In India! The Silver Ferns have a chance to sweep the Diamonds 4-0. In Australia! Which of these crazy NZ sports stories would be, well, crazier.

It has been a very productive international break for the All Whites. Two wins, seven goals scored, none conceded and a winning start to their best chance of qualifying for a FIFA World Cup in a ...

In the latest ODT Summer Sports chat we catch with catch up with head honcho of surf life-saving in Otago and Southland Brent Matehaere to find out what is happening over summer.

Costs for four planned facilities at Green Island have more than doubled to $42m since an estimate four years ago, but the ...

A former National prime minister has warned the ACT Party is "inviting civil war" with its attempt to define the principle of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in law. Mike Johnson says a congressional ethics ...

A year on from the 2023 election, Labour leader Chris Hipkins reflects on his prime ministership with ODT political editor Mike Houlahan and considers how he can get the job back. The government says ...

Ōtepoti's only hip-hop festival is poised to have its biggest year yet. A silent pandemic of drug-resistant infections has ...

Police say three women facing shoplifting charges left the courtroom and went on to steal the number plates off a vehicle parked directly outside. A crew of volunteer firefighters encountered "every ...