Two bridges are out of action on the only roads into several rural and coastal communities in southern Wairarapa after torrential rain that his overnight on Sunday. Read...
Rakaia’s giant salmon statue was blind, taped, and tagged with a protest against Fonterra. Locals fumed, farmers seethed, and the activist behind it insisted it was about saving the river — not attacking the town. Read...
A rural Canterbury community has come together to establish a scholarship in memory of 10-year-old Alex Bennett, who was struck and killed by a car metres from his Springston home last week, in what police have described as every parent’s worst nightmare. Read...
The boss of a health organisation believes a rural equivalent of Tinder targeted at health professionals could be the key to solving the doctor shortages in rural communities. Read...