Timothy Brown

It's been a long time since a $200,000 mortgage allowed you to buy a property in Queenstown.

But now a local housing trust is offering 25 apartments for the same price that they cost to build.

The… Audio

Residents in the two east Otago towns affected by the water issue will be offered blood tests from next week.

Authorities are still trying to pin down the source of the elevated lead levels in the… Video, Audio

The 8000 tonnes of toxic waste that has been stored in a disused factory in Mataura since 2014 should be gone from the town by the end of April.

Flooding and fire last year in the building where the… Audio

It's been confirmed that eight thousand tonnes of toxic waste will finally be removed from Mataura's disused papermill by the end of April. The ouvea premix releases deadly ammonia gas when it's wet… Audio

It has been a long time coming for the people of Mataura, but finally the town will be rid of the thousands of tonnes of toxic waste, illegally moved into their community.

But while the ouvea premix… Audio

The Labour Party campaigned on keeping the aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point open for another three to five years.

But as Christmas approaches, the smelter's 1000 staff go into the holidays uncertain… Audio

Covid-19 has brought an end to the rocketing rental prices in Queenstown and Wanaka but the waiting list for affordable housing continues to grow.

While those on the frontline of what was described… Audio

An independent review has found the country's longest-serving mayor, Sir Tim Shadbolt is struggling to do his job. The review into Invercargill City Council was prompted by the Department of Internal… Audio

Researchers have already uncovered unmarked graves at the 150-year-old Drybread Cemetery in rural Central Otago.

Archaeologists will spend a month excavating parts of the historic cemetery, but… Audio

It's been more than a year since the Dunedin City Council announced its intention to buy 42 hectares of Foulden Maar, a fossil-rich diatomite reserve near Middlemarch.

Locals with an interest in the… Audio

A former Dunedin Airport security worker is accused of orchestrating a bomb scare that shut down the airport in March last year.

Preetam Maid is on trial facing one charge of taking an imitation… Audio

More than 400 foreign fishers are headed to New Zealand to crew deep sea trawlers because Kiwis can't fill the jobs.

A charter flight from Russia will arrive in Christchurch tomorrow, where the first… Audio

To Invercargill now, where deputy mayor Toni Biddle resigned last week citing the city council's toxic environment and the difficulty of having to perform the mayor's job for him. Sir Tim Shadbolt is… Audio

There's renewed hope a Southland town could be free of more than 10,000 tonnes of potentially toxic waste by Christmas.

Court action taken by the Environmental Defence Society against the Tiwai Point… Audio

There's renewed hope Mataura may finally be freed of the burden of 10,000 tonnes of potentially toxic waste.

Court action taken by the Environmental Defence Society against the Tiwai Point aluminium… Audio

Labour has pledged to keep the lights on at Tiwai Point, despite earlier indicating it's a sunset industry.

Leader Jacinda Ardern and energy spokesperson Megan Woods visited Invercargill to pitch… Audio

A couple tricked into accepting a lower offer from Southern Response to replace their earthquake-damaged home wants a full apology from former Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee.

Karl and… Audio

Warning: This story contains some distressing details, which may upset some people.

The Christchurch mass killer and terrorist will find out today if he will remain in prison for the rest of his… Audio

An inexperienced doctor and inadequate supervision meant a critically ill toddler did not get potentially life saving treatment.

Hineihana Mausii died in September 2013 a day after being discharged… Audio