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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...