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Some farmers in mid-Canterbury are making significant changes to the way they farm to reduce the amount of nitrate coming off their properties and improve water quality.

Nitrate levels in private… Audio

A farmer in an area known as ground zero for high nitrate levels, is making fundamental changes to the way he farms in order to lesson his impact on water quality.

Levels in private drinking water… Audio

Three young expats forced home to New Zealand due to Covid-19 struggle with isolation and having to invent new life plans. Audio

It was a crime made to go online. Words spoken at the conference in Christchurch on terrorism that today looked at the role online hate speech played in the March 15 mosque attacks.

Our reporter… Video, Audio

Police say they managed to foil two mass shootings - one just before and another just after the March 15 terror attack.

The news came today in Christchurch at the first conference held in this… Video, Audio

A lot more work is needed to ensure people feel connected to their communities and wider society, to ensure the horrific events of the Christchurch mosque shooting are never repeated. That was the… Audio

Beds at Christchurch hospital are sitting empty because there are not enough nurses.

Medical staff there say a stretched workforce is now at breaking point.

Conan Young reports. Audio

RNZ reporter Conan Young got trapped on the south side of the Ashburton River earlier this morning, shortly after it was closed due to significant slumping on the northern side of the bridge.

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The Ashburton bridge at State Highway 1 was closed earlier this morning after motorists reported they could feel it slumping under them.

Reporter Conan Young was one of those who drove south over the… Audio

The mid-Canterbury town of Hinds - south of Ashburton - remains completely surrounded by flood waters which have also closed the highway.

Reporter Conan Young was there.

He spoke to Susie Ferguson.

Ashburton is still cut off after flooding hit on Sunday and Monday.

An extreme deluge of rain washed out three bridges in the district and covered roads.

The main bridge across the Ashburton River… Audio

A local state of emergency remains in place across Canterbury, where torrential rain has led to widespread flooding isolating some communities. Nearly 400 millimetres of rain has fallen in parts of… Audio

Kathryn speaks to RNZ reporter Conan Young who is on the ground as the red alert warning remains in place in Canterbury. Audio

Ashburton's river is riding high, but has not burst just yet.

RNZ reporter Conan Young has just returned to Ashburton after speaking to evacuees in Hinds.

He spoke to Susie Ferguson. Audio

The Selwyn District Council has also issued a 'Do Not Consume' notice for the Springfield water supply.

People can get urgent bottled water at the Springfield Fire Station.

Evacuation and welfare… Audio

Three army trucks and soldiers from the Burnham Army base rolled into Ashburton on Sunday ready to help if the call went out to evacuate people.

The local marae also swung into action - preparing… Audio

A state of emergency remains is in place in Canterbury as heavy rain which has caused widespread flooding continues to fall.

The worst hit areas are Ashburton and Timaru Selwyn district and… Audio

Midwives are asking for stricter limits on the amount of polluting nitrates allowed in people's drinking water.

It is in response to new research showing the risk of premature births can increase… Video, Audio

A former inmate at Christchurch Women's Prison is hopeful a new programme to connect wāhine with their culture, will help cut down the number returning to prison.

Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis… Video, Audio

A New Zealand dietician has helped develop an app set to revolutionise the way some children are treated for epilepsy.

It helps dieticians and parents using a prescription keto diet to treat the… Video, Audio

New research shows a strong link between nitrates in drinking water and babies being born underweight or prematurely.

The findings are in an Otago University study released exclusively to RNZ.

They… Audio

New research shows a strong link between nitrates in drinking water and babies being born underweight or prematurely.

The Otago University analysis is of major overseas studies including one… Audio

The demand for nitrate-testing of drinking water was so high in Canterbury this week that some people had to be turned away.

Tests were offered by the Canterbury Regional Council in the town of… Audio