Canterbury
Festival fans angry as tech fails leave them ticketless
Music fans scrambling for tickets to Christchurch's Electric Avenue festival have vented their anger and frustration at missing out.
Lack of footpaths for developing Christchurch suburb riles councillor
Andrei Moore says having to drive a few hundred metres down the road because there's no safe way to walk to the park 'is just nuts'. Audio
Woman in custody after Christchurch house fire
Fire and Emergency says four fire trucks and a command unit were sent to a Sockburn property where they put out a small fire.
Man charged with theft of bronze sculpture, artwork destroyed for scrap
A $95,000 bronze sculpture stolen from a Christchurch community centre has been destroyed for scrap, say police.
High rates of mental health conditions in Christchurch's Muslim community
A new study aims to understand the ongoing impacts of the terrorist attack on the Muslim community.
When a retirement village feels more like a student hostel
Retirement village living should feel like home, but in some cases residents have the status of students in a hostel
Port Hills scrub fire a controlled burn - FENZ
Fire and Emergency is responding to a scrub fire on the Port Hills, near the Christchurch Adventure Park.
Person seriously injured at property near Christchurch
One person was airlifted to hospital, after being seriously injured in a rural area north of Christchurch.
Incident at transfer station prompts emergency response
Emergency services were called, after a person fell into trash at a Christchurch transfer station.
Digger incident costs thousands, neighbour suffers ongoing anxiety
A spat between rural neighbours erupted when one took a digger and carved up a driveway during a confrontation.
Snow warnings: lower South Island, and mountain passes
Snowfall warnings are in place for a clutch of South Island mountain passes, with flurries forecast to 200 and 300 metres for parts of Fiordland, Southland and Dunedin.
Country Life: From the Archive - Rewilding at Punawai
After a lifetime of working to clear land, Chris Bolderston is rewilding parts of his sheep and beef farm in North Canterbury.
Cop accused of helping Mama Hooch family has charges dismissed
"A teenage Nancy Drew could've done a better job," his lawyer says.
From the Archives Rewilding Panawai
Farmer retires land he says "shouldn't ever have animals on it". Audio
Investigation into attempted fire at Wainoni gang pad
Police said items on fire were thrown at the fence of the gang pad in the early morning.
'Living in la-la-land': Mayor takes aim at zero rate rise
Candidates promising a zero rate rises are ''living in la la land'', says Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon.
Teen waits for life-saving heart transplant after losing uncles to same condition
The mother of a Christchurch teenager says she is scared of losing her son to the same condition that killed her two brothers. Audio
New exhibition on World War 2 nurses
It acknowledges the amazing work they did during the war.
One seriously injured in incident involving a horse
The person has been flown to hospital.
Man believed connected with Greymouth assault found - police
The assault occurred earlier this month, but police shared images of the man this afternoon.
