Timothy Brown

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

The first person to escape managed isolation has been sentenced in the Dunedin District Court this morning.

Suzanne Derrett appeared on one charge of failing to comply with an order under the… Audio

It was standing room only as locals packed the Tarras Community Hall last night to hear about the town's potential as a flight destination.

The meeting was called less than a week after Christchurch… Audio

A community meeting is being held in Tarras tonight to discuss a proposed airport for the small rural Otago settlement. Christchurch Airport announced last week it has bought up 750 hectares in the… Audio

It's the $1.2 billion industry you've probably never heard of.

Photonics use light to detect, image and send information.

You've probably heard of fibre optic cable, in fact you may be listening to… Audio

A new report has valued New Zealand's little-known photonics industry at more than a billion dollars. Photonics use light for sensing, manufacturing, and transmitting information - much in the same… Audio

The Government has ruled out housing managed isolation and quarantine facilities in Queenstown and Invercargill. Our Otago-Southland reporter Timothy Brown has more. Audio

The closure of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter has raised concerns over what it will mean for the thousands of tonnes of potentially toxic waste stored in the small Southland town of Mataura.  Audio

Southlanders have been thrown into turmoil with Rio Tinto's announcment today it will wind down the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter resulting in the direct loss of almost 1,000 jobs and another 1,600… Audio

Claims of dirty politics, cries of anger and disgust, and clear bitter division. The usually circumspect arena of the Otago Regional Council chamber had it all this morning, as three-quarters of… Audio

The former Labour Environment Minister, Marian Hobbs, was this morning ousted as chair of the Otago Regional Council.

She's held the role since last year's October elections.

But three-quarters of… Audio

A Southland teenager will today be sentenced for the murder of a nine-year-old boy in the small settlement of Otautau - about 40 kilometres northwest of Invercargill.

The rural town of about 800… Audio