'2020 was terrible': Queenstown's adult industry struggling
Kiwis are less willing to spend up large on adult services, operators say.
Kiwis are less willing to spend up large on adult services, operators say.
Roads are closed and campers on notice as heavy rain hits the South.
The two-vehicle crash happened about 2.40pm; motorists have been asked to avoid the area.
Motorists have been advised to delay their journey or take another route.
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Emergency services have rushed to the scene.
Metservice has issued a heavy rain watch for parts of the South Island.
223 mental health patients were placed in seclusion by the Southern District Health Board.
The epidemiologist's advice informed the government's decision to go into lockdown.
Emergency services were called to the crash on the Riverton-Wallacetown Highway on Monday.
Police expect "a degree of mischief" but hope people make the right choices.
A surge in boat sales could mean less experienced people on the water, harbourmaster says.
Organisers did not know until the morning of the event whether it would go ahead.
"I told my children and everyone started crying. We just couldn't believe it."
The $18.25 million Powerball prize is the second-largest of 2020.
A Dunedin man knocked back five gin and tonics before crashing his BMW into three cars.
"I just found out about [the competition] this morning and thought 'I know how to spit'."
An industrial designer is trying to make the biggest standing wave in the world.
A 23-year-old man died while free-diving at a popular Catlins snorkelling spot on Sunday.
The deaths bring the Christmas/New Year holiday road toll to six.
One resident is calling for a road safety rethink after a "devastating" series of deaths.
The winning ticket was purchased from New World Waitaki, in Oamaru, North Otago.
Kiwis urged to take precautions before entering the water this summer.
"Animals don't choose when to get sick," says Clutha vet Marcus Yule.
The teen was critically injured in a crash near Balclutha at the start of this month.
Hariroa Williams has been jailed despite having a month-old baby at home.
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Two helicopters attended the crash, as well as police, fire crews and St John.
Marine and Motorhome Dunedin owner Garry Hornby said he had "nothing left" to sell.
The Race Relations Commissioner has condemned two recent racist attacks in NZ.