Katie Todd

Legal experts say the Christchurch mosque shooter will "undoubtedly" spend life in prison - likely with no parole - and there's a chance his jail time could be served in Australia.

Rental agencies are getting tough on tenants with ideas about skipping their rent payments.

A mortgage holiday repayment scheme is welcomed by landlords, but hitting all the wrong notes with some renters who want more relief measures of their own. Audio

Pleas to "shop normally" appeared to go widely unheard in Christchurch yesterday, in the hours after yesterday's lockdown announcement.

At least two people who have tested positive for Covid-19 went to the Wanaka A&P show this month.

The South Island might still be free of confirmed cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, but it has slowed the number of tourists visiting some hotspots to a trickle.

At least $21 million in donations has been handed to mosque attack victims and survivors, but some are still asking for help buying groceries.

Since the November 2016 Kaikōura earthquake, less than a third of Hurunui district's red-stickered buildings have been fixed or bowled.

A court has ruled Alan Dall's tiny house is a vehicle, not a building. Tiny house owners say the case means legislation needs to be rewritten.

Growers of industrial hemp say red tape is stopping industries from making the most of what many regard as a potential wonder crop.

Petals were cast into Christchurch's Avon River this afternoon, to mark nine years since the magnitude 6.2 Canterbury earthquake and to remember the 185 lives it claimed.

A ruptured water main caused the two-metre wide sinkhole to open up in Linwood this afternoon.

Researchers say councils need to be doing much more to ensure homes and buildings aren't wiped out when a mega-tsunami eventually strikes the east coast of the North Island.

Flood-hit residents have had emotional reunions with their four-legged friends - including a chatty cat named Shamonita Miss Inquisitive - after billeting them in special animal evacuation centres.

About 200 anti-5G protesters turned out in Christchurch this afternoon, calling for more public consultation and a thorough examination before the new technology is used.

Christchurch's buskers festival is swinging into action tonight, and it's promising to lure the biggest crowds to the central city since pre-earthquake times.

Two people remain in hospital after a tour bus rolled on the Glenorchy-Queenstown road yesterday afternoon.

The Department of Conservation's efforts to cull Auckland Island pigs are being labelled a crime against humanity by the Rare Breeds Conservation Society.

In-house dietitians are being touted as a possible solution to under-eating and malnutrition among rest home residents.

The Ministry of Health has warned health professionals about an outbreak of a deadly new virus in China, which is causing symptoms from fever to severe lung disease.

Boats and helicopters are looking over more than 40 square kilometres of murky water, as the search for a missing kayaker on Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora resumes this morning.

The cause of a fatal early morning inferno in a Christchurch boarding house remains unclear, but suspicious circumstances have been ruled out as investigations continue.

Residents and researchers are worried construction work at Lyttelton Harbour could impact on local Hector's dolphins, but the company says it's been redesigned to minimise impacts on sea life.

The Prostitutes Collective says it's a tragedy five Christchurch sex workers have been killed in 15 years, including 34-year-old Bella Te Pania on New Year's Eve.

Conservationists say the fledgling season of the native Westland petrel has been marred by the Transport Agency's new LED streetlights near Punakaiki.