Canterbury

MetService is warning of norwest gales and heavy winds for Wellington and parts of Te Waipounamu.

Some Timaru households will be boiling their drinking water until early next year, as the district council says more areas are affected by high levels of silt in the water.

When torrential rain set off a series of giant mudslides in Banks Peninsula's Goughs Bay, Marie Haley spent a terrifying night wondering if her house would go with them.

Nothing looks quite so menacing as a beast baring its teeth, but Canterbury Museum visitors greeted by a wild-looking South African baboon can relax - it's stuffed.

An urban myth in Christchurch has seen genuine bank notes being refused and damaged, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand - Te Pūtea Matua says.

A public health warning has been issued for the entire Banks Peninsula in Canterbury after high toxin levels were reported in shellfish yesterday.

A New Brighton street has been reopened in Christchurch following reports of shots being fired.

The Ashburton District Council believes it is fiscally well placed after its operating budgets has it well in the black.

More than 20 penguin chicks have been rescued after torrential rain swept away their nesting boxes in Canterbury. Audio

The convention centre is already booked to host 150 events next year, but managers concede they are not expected to be money-makers.

The Director-General of Health has confirmed the country's first case of the Omicron variant has been found at a MIQ facility in Christchurch. Watch his media conference live here.

Torrential rain has left parts of Canterbury cut off after a month's worth of rain fell in one day.

Rain has eased in Christchurch and Canterbury, and a council official believes the worst has passed.

Heavy rain that drenched parts of the country overnight has headed south to Canterbury, where Christchurch City Council has pumps on standby in case of flooding.

Opposition MPs and some Ashburton businesses have advocated for a lowering of the traffic light system from orange to green, at least for the South Island.

Three farming systems geared towards sustainable dairy farming practices are being tested at Lincoln University's demonstration dairy farm. Farm manager Peter Hancox is trialing a variable milking…

Algae planktonic cyanobacteria has been discovered for the first time at the lagoon, giving it a green tinge and prompting a public health warning.

Recovery managers for the historic Canterbury floods believe a second bridge over the Ashburton River is critical and is now pressing the government for the matter to be taken seriously.

The sound of karate chops and the click of line dancing boots will no longer ring out from some Christchurch community halls soon.