Canterbury

Emergency services were called to the single-vehicle crash on Jones Road shortly after 7.45am.

Police said the person appeared to have significant injuries.

The 150-year-old Hurunui Hotel reopened in November after being closed while on the market and unable to find a buyer.

Two men were seriously injured after falling from the ride at the Rolling Meadow Festival on New Year's Day.

A calmer day is in store for parts of the South Island battered on Saturday by hail, and lashed by torrential downpours and lightning.

A couple of crashes Saturday morning on State Highway 1 in Canterbury have closed roads.

A man is due to appear in court on Friday.

The High Court stopped short of ordering the regional council to change the rule relating to the discharge of nitrates because of the amount of time that has lapsed.

Four crews responded around 5am and found the single-storey property in Mairehau well ablaze.

Every year, the Christchurch Methodist Mission connects those who have volunteered to donate a hamper with those in need of extra help.

Omarama-Lindis Pass Road has been shut since late this morning following a crash north of the Waitaki town of Omarama.

A fire investigator has been alerted.

The highway has since been reopened.

A family is distraught that a mother's headstone has been repeatedly damaged.

An Indian all-women tri-services sailing crew arrived in Lyttelton as part of a historic round-the-world voyage showcasing military unity and women's leadership.

Items of climbing equipment were found within a known icefall hazard zone on the upper Linda Glacier.

Moana disappeared in December 2021 and his body has never been found.

The Christchurch man, aged in his 50s, has interim name suppression.

James Holder will spend at least 11 years and nine months for the murder of David Bridgwater.