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Photo: Environment Canterbury A long-requested bus for Governors Bay is looking doubtful as Environment Canterbury reels in ambitions for route extensions.

Photo: File image A major sports club wants more leniency for parking at the Selwyn district’s largest park.

A road barricaded by rioters in Noumea, New Caledonia. Photo: Lilou Garrido Navarro Kherachi/via REUTERS An Auckland man has described scenes of chaos in Nouméa during the escalating civil unrest in New Caledonia.

Four Christchurch City Holdings directors made shock resignations last night.

The hot pools and spa concept on the Kaikoura waterfront could create 35 jobs. PHOTO: DAVID HILL A bureaucratic bungle has poured cold water on the proposed Kaikōura waterfront hot pools project.

The 27-year-old from the UK is currently serving a 12-month sentence which ends in August and has been given until November to get his affairs in order before he has to leave. File photo: Getty Images WARNING: This story discusses sexual assault and may be distressing for some readers

Shane Jones. Photo: RNZ Forest & Bird says the inclusion of a company forced to pay costs by the Environment Court on the list of companies the government sent fast-track application information to shows the process is fundamentally flawed.

Options to save the former Dux de Lux building in Christchurch will be looked at by the city council.

Kiwifruit ready for export. Photo: Zespri / supplied Over a million trays of New Zealand kiwifruit that were onboard a ship with a mice problem will be destroyed.

Honey producer Steven Brown watches boxes of honey burn. Photo: Facebook / Steven Brown Beekeepers say New Zealand needs a new approach to a hive-destroying disease that is leaving those affected out of pocket, uncompensated and devastated.

Medical personnel carry Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico to hospital after being transported in a helicopter. Photo: JOJ TV/Handout via REUTERS Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is in a life-threatening condition after he was shot in a "politically motivated" assassination attempt when leaving a government meeting, the interior minister said.

The autumn season of the Dunedin Jazz Club concert series continues this weekend with a tribute to the first lady of song, Ella Fitzgerald.

Photo: supplied Excitement is growing among leading cast members in the Queen’s and King’s High Schools 2024 musical production, Fame Jr, ahead of the show’s opening on Wednesday, May 22.

Ariki’s Catherine Lund gets ahead during the Leith Country Relays. PHOTOS: SIMON HENDERSON A cool, fresh day greeted participants in the Leith Harrier & Athletic Club’s 42nd Leith Country Relays and 5th Ponydale Challenge on Saturday, held at the Dunedin Riding Academy Club grounds, Three Mile Hill.

A win for the children of Dunedin!

Brent Caldwell (left) and Richard Ellis play multiple roles in madcap comedy spy thriller The 39 Steps, which opens at the Globe Theatre tonight. Photo: supplied Four experienced actors will be put through their paces, portraying dozens of characters between them in the Globe Theatre’s madcap comedy production of spy thriller The 39 Steps.

Top national choral singers and University of Otago performance voice students Teddy Finney Waters and Eva Stein are also members of the Southern Youth Choir and will sing with the choir in its Dunedin and Dunstan concerts next weekend. Photo: supplied The Southern Youth Choir will showcase some of the country’s best young singers in two concerts in Dunedin and Dunstan next weekend, including a cohort of top national choristers and University of Otago performance voice students.

NEW ZEALAND STRING QUARTET  PRESENTS ‘SOUNDSCAPES 2’  Saturday, May 11, Regent Theatre and Sunday, May 12, Orokonui Ecosanctuary   Dunedin music lovers were treated to a brilliant series of concerts last weekend, courtesy of a ‘‘mini residency’’ by the New Zealand String Quartet (NZSQ), in association with the Regent Theatre.