A teenage motorcyclist found injured, drunk and unconscious after crashing on a rural road has been told if he wants to wrap himself “around a rural lamp-post and die” he is going the right way about it. Read...

A man with no car, driver’s licence or cellphone coverage at his rural home meant a judge had to get ‘a little bit creative’ with his sentence. Read...

Finance Minister Nicola Willis has requested an inquiry into the state of competition in New Zealand banking, with a particular focus on rural areas. Read...

Finance Minister Nicola Willis has ordered an inquiry into the state of competition in New Zealand banking, with a particular focus on rural areas. Read...

Finance Minister Nicola Willis has ordered an inquiry into the state of competition in New Zealand banking, with a particular focus on rural areas. Read...

Finance Minister Nicola Willis has ordered an inquiry into the state of competition in New Zealand banking, with a particular focus on rural areas. Read...

Police are on the hunt for information after thieves allegedly ran over a herd of sheep as part of a spate of rural burglaries in Wairuna. Read...

Police investigating a rural homicide launched after a suspicious house fire last year have now located the van previously being sought. Read...

The child was taken to hospital in a serious condition. Read...

A young cyclist was left on a rural road with a broken arm after a teenage drier hit her and drove away. Read...