Timothy Brown

Over 250 South Canterbury farmers met with government officials on Thursday to vent their frustrations over the new freshwater policy.

Earlier this month, the government announced its plan to restore… Audio

Residents at a Queenstown campsite are facing homelessness as they're kicked out to make way for a billion dollar development.

The Queenstown Council owned cabins at the former Lakeview Camp Ground… Video, Audio

A homeless man who went on a crime spree just hours after being released from prison in the hopes of being returned there will spend another 21 months behind bars.

Kaama Waenga says he broke into a… Video, Audio

Whistle-blowers have lifted the lid on bullying, unsafe work practices and theft at Te Whare Pounamu Dunedin Women's Refuge. A damning report has backed workers' claims and highlighted serious… Audio

A record number of candidates have put their name forward to contest for Dunedin's mayoralty. Fourteen hope to fill the void left by three-term incumbent Dave Cull who is stepping aside. RNZ's Timothy… Audio

The police have arrested the man wanted in relation to the theft of two police-issue Glocks from a patrol car in Gore.

Hori Gemmell was arrested late this afternoon and is in custody in Gore.

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Armed police are still searching for the man who has run off with two Glock pistols from a police car in Gore. Hori Gemmell has been identified as the suspect believed to have stolen a patrol car… Audio

The police are reviewing how two loaded handguns were able to be stolen from a patrol car in Gore on Wednesday night.

The man they believe is responsible remains on the loose and they say catching… Audio

Dunedin Airport becomes the first in the country to introduce body scanners for domestic passengers, a move airport bosses say should speed up passenger journeys. Video, Audio

Housing values in Queenstown seem to have plateaued, but when those values average more than $1 million, a plateau doesn't bring much relief for middle income earners looking to get into their first… Audio

Generally it's only on the rugby field where the Welsh and Kiwis have a rivalry - but now it's a battle over another kind of surface, that's causing consternation in the south. Baldwin Street in… Audio

Dunedin surveyor Toby Stoff thinks the city's Baldwin Street was robbed of the world's steepest title - and now he plans to travel halfway across the world in an attempt to claim it back. Audio

It's been a long wait for the families of the 29 men killed when Pike River Mine exploded in 2010. But work is now underway to prepare for the next step in the process -- that is recovery workers… Audio

The Pike River Recovery Agency has begun clearing out the remnants of a concrete barrier built 30 metres into the mine's drift. As Timothy Brown reports, it's the latest step in accessing a second… Video, Audio

The mother of a two-year-old girl whose death is the subject of a coroner's inquest says she now faces the guilt of not fighting doctors and of not knowing what she couldn't possibly have known - that… Video, Audio

Almost 100 people have handed in firearms at the first buyback in the southern district, where 10 percent of the population are firearms owners. Audio

A Dunedin lawyer says some police officers in the city are flouting the law and breath-testing people in their homes to catch them out.

Marie Taylor-Cyphers says in some cases this happens up to two… Audio

Residents of Dunedin's Baldwin Street are grappling with the loss of their title of world's steepest street, after Guinness World Records gave the title to Ffordd Pen Llech in the Welsh town of… Video, Audio

The Defence Force's bomb squad blew up a dangerous and unstable chemical this morning after it was found deteriorating at a Dunedin laboratory. Audio