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The Ministry of Health is warning hospitals about an outbreak of a deadly new virus in China, causing symptoms from fever to severe lung disease.

But experts say the Novel Coronavirus shouldn't be a… Audio

There's still no saying what caused an early morning inferno in a Christchurch boarding house, which claimed one life this morning. The single storey New Brighton property went up in flames just… Audio

As a Lyttelton berth designed to fit the worlds biggest cruise ships nears completion, there's concern there's been long-term damage to the local Hectors dolphins.

Researchers are worried the noisy… Audio

Every day we'll be checking in on what's going on in the regions in Aotearoa and the pacific. Today we check in on Canterbury with RNZ's Katie Todd. Audio

New Zealand's loyalty to lamb has pushed glazed ham out of prime place on at dining tables this Christmas.

Retail Meat's Christmas census of 1300 people has laid bare food plans and preferences for… Audio

Three women who say their daughters were abused by Peter Ellis say a possible Supreme Court appeal is taking them to breaking point.

The fomer Christchurch Civic Creche worker, who died in September… Audio

Christchurch could become the country's space hub within five years.

A government-commissioned report suggests it is the ideal spot for developing, testing and launching space equipment, thanks to… Audio

The government's sending a warning to motorists with faulty airbags - if you don't get them fixed, you won't be getting a warrant of fitness.

The Takata Alpha airbags have caused injuries and… Audio

The country's favourite four-million-year-old mudstone attractions are getting some unwanted attention.

People are carving names into the Moeraki boulders and leaving behind their rubbish, upsetting… Audio

Moeraki locals are upset at the increasing amount of visitors etching their names into the famous boulders. They're asking DOC and the Waitaki District Council to put a stop to the behaviour, which… Audio

Westland remains divided over a hydro-power scheme on the Waitaha River that was vetoed by the Environment Minister in August.

Oppostion leader Simon Bridges has stepped in with a promise to give the… Audio

The prospect of power price hikes across Otago is being met with horror and fear.

Aurora Energy is proposing households pay about 18 percent more from 2022 to 2024, to cover upgrades to its ageing… Audio

Otago power company Aurora has told its 90-thousand customers their bills need to rise nearly 20 percent from 2022 to 2024 so it can cover the cost of upgrading ageing infrastructure.

The Dunedin… Audio

A mystery person is trying to sabotage the reputation of Christchurch's biggest high-density home builder, the Williams Corporation.

At its most recent three developments, flyers have been delivered… Audio

One of New Zealand's largest A&P shows, now know as the New Zealand Agricultural Show, gets underway today in Christchurch.

It's hoped 100,000 people will pour through the gates of the 157th… Audio

The effort to retrieve the body of a climber who fell to his death in the Remarkables near Queenstown yesterday began at 6am on Thursday.

Two climbers died on Wednesday when they fell hundreds of… Audio

A Conservation Department (DOC) ranger has just taken up a very specialised five-year-role in Canterbury's Banks Peninsula.

Oscar Ashton's new, full-time job is hunting wily possums that have learnt… Video, Audio

A Christchurch woman who believes the Gumboot Fund saved her son's life is pleading for the government to prop it up. Audio

Criticism about unprofessional counselling and lengthy wait-lists has prompted the University of Canterbury to consider changes to its Health Centre.

Student magazine Canta says an overwhelming… Audio

Counsellors say hundreds of young people have been left high and dry after starting free counselling programmes through Mike King's Gumboot Fund.

The money has been all used up five months after its… Video, Audio

Parcels stuffed with single-use plastic are landing in parliamentary post-boxes, sent from concerned Kiwis across the country. It's all part of a new movement, demanding the politicians put aside… Audio