Remarkable. Ted and Lois Connell proudly hold a photo from their wedding day in 1955. On Wednesday, they celebrated a very rare 70 years of marriage milestone.

Canterbury’s regional councillors have mooted the idea of forming a South Island General Assembly to lobby the government. That’s in response to suggestions regional councils could be abolished.

Correspondent Lisette Reymer standing in the rubble for a morning live cross after a night of camping out in a car amid constant earthquake aftershocks in Turkey.

The late Pete White at home behind the drums who also brought joy and quiet encouragement to generations of young tennis players. Five years after his death from motor neurone disease, his legacy is a ...

Dr Sophie Febery, who left Methven Medical Centre after being barred from seeing patients in person during the Covid-19 pandemic because she refused to be vaccinated, has been found guilty of ...

At least 71 people were killed in Israel’s attack on Tehran’s Evin prison, a notorious facility where political prisoners and dissidents have been held.

The desexing message isn’t getting through. A frustrated Tania and Rebecca, from Puss n Boots cat rescue, are sick of people dumping or not desexing their kittens and adding to an increasing problem.