Otago rental prices left other regions in the dust in December, with a +4.2 per cent month-on-month increase, outpacing the 14 other regions Trade Me Property monitors. This follows a substantial +11.

Armed police have surrounded a rural Otago house after tracking down a man believed to have had a number of guns.

Chair of Earthquake Science Professor Mark Stirling says the work is also part of a wider effort by the group to characterize the dozen or so most major active faults of the Otago region.

Central Otago's organic wine movement, spearheaded by Central Otago Winegrowers Association (COWA), has reached a remarkable ...

Central Otago is creating a strategy to shape its ... make it more affordable for families to live here. "Not only is the region trying to accommodate potentially 7000 extra seasonal staff ...

On the rock tors of Central Otago, herpetologist Carey Knox scans the schist ledges for lizards. He's looking for a grand skink, or an Otago skink. Both are endangered lizard species that became ...

Gibbston Valley in Central Otago wine region on the South Island in New Zealand. Photograph by Rolf_52, Alamy Stock Photo The Central Otago wine region, specifically stunning Gibbston, is also ...

City councillor David Benson-Pope says the Otago Regional Council and its companies should get out of the way of development on Dunedin's waterfront. Port Otago has reaped a massive profit selling its ...

Northland has the highest rates of cancer in the country. Northlanders diagnosed with cancer are more likely to die than patients in almost every other region. The “postcode lottery of cancer care” ...

An armed stand-off at a rural Otago house is over after a man wanted for firearms offending was found dead. Officers were ...