Timothy Brown

Former doctor Venod Skantha will be sentenced today for the murder of 16-year-old Amber-Rose Rush.

This afternoon's sentencing will follow a long road to justice for the teenager and her family after… Audio

What to do with 10,000 tonnes of aluminium dross - so-called ouvea premix - stored in Mataura is causing a quandary for authorities, but just as vexing is how it came to be there.

The dross came to… Audio

Plans to commemorate last year's terror attack on March 15 risk re-opening emotional wounds, say Christchurch's Muslim community, as they explain there's no tradition of marking anniversaries in… Audio

Central Dunedin businesses are up in arms about cars and buses being banned in the Octagon.

The city council is hailing the trial closure of the landmark as a success but retailers say it's left them… Audio

RNZ reporter Tim Brown talks to Kathryn from the outskirts of Mataura, where emergency services have now evacuated, leaving no one behind. Audio

Residents in the Southland towm of Wyndham are being told to evacuate their homes amid rising river levels. Residents in Mataura are bracing themselves as the Mataura River approaches its highest… Audio

Gore and Matuara residents living in low level areas have been told to evacuate.

This after hundreds of people in the Southland towns have had an anxious night after being told to prepare to leave at… Audio

That's how those at the centre of issues with Southern Response have characterised the state insurer's public apology.

Southern Response's new boss, Casey Hurren, offered the public apology while… Audio

Freedom camping hot spots in the south, such as Queenstown Lakes and the Mackenzie districts, were under siege only a few years ago.

But authorities say the introduction of bylaws, the… Audio

Some people in Dunedin are resorting to staying in violent relationships to keep a roof over their head.

Others are couch-surfing or living in overcrowded conditions as the city struggles with… Audio

The Crown has set out its final argument against murder-accused Dunedin doctor Venod Skantha.

The 32-year-old denies killing 16-year-old Amber-Rose Rush in February last year.

RNZ Otago-Southland… Audio

The former Dunedin doctor accused of murdering Amber-Rose Rush threatened another teenager after indecently assaulting her, the High Court has heard.

Venod Skantha denies killing the 16-year-old in… Audio

In the trial of a former Dunedin doctor accused of killing a teenage girl, the jury has today heard from a police officer who observed the accused's behaviour in the days after the murder.

Venod… Audio

The former Dunedin doctor accused of murdering teenager Amber-Rose Rush suggested to her mother the 16-year-old may have committed suicide.

When that was dismissed, he offered the names of potential… Audio

Guards have remained overnight outside a property in the small Southland town of Otautau where an 8-year-old boy was killed on Wednesday night.

Police officers were called to the rural settlement of… Audio

Those at the frontline of Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago's housing crisis say the problem is now too big to be solved locally. They say legislation is hamstringing authorities and reliable… Audio