Canterbury

Hundreds of Cantabrians struggling to make ends meet will have a Christmas to celebrate, thanks to the kindness of strangers.

The Wellington city took the crown, but a handful of small New Zealand towns also made the top 10 list.

Fire crews were called to Northcote Road about midnight and again at 4am.

Firefighters have contained an ammonia leak from a ship at Lyttelton Harbour.

A class action against the Earthquake Commission could be one of the most expensive in New Zealand's history.

A teenager jailed for the manslaughter of a man after an attack in Christchurch will serve the rest of his sentence on home detention.

A Christchurch councillor says the city is a better choice than Auckland to host SailGP.

It was Gisborne's turn to be battered by thunderstorms Tuesday evening, following wild weather - including a tornado - across the lower North Island.

Christchurch's Emergency Department (ED) and an after-hours medical clinic experienced very high demand on Monday night, with the medical clinic not accepting new patients for a time.

A teenager who killed another teen then bragged about it in a rap video posted to social media has failed in his bid to reduce his prison time.

A man in his 30s will appear in the Christchurch District Court today after an eight-hour standoff with police in the Avonhead suburb late on Sunday night.

One person is in custody after a police standoff that lasted for more than eight hours in the Christchurch suburb of Avonhead.

The Category-1 listed heritage building was demolished in 2020 after devastating quakes in 2010 and 2011.

The new service, a partnership between United Airlines and Air New Zealand, will be the first time the South Island has had a direct scheduled service to San Francisco. The first flight from the US…

Angela Blackmoore was nine weeks pregnant when she was bludgeoned and stabbed in Christchurch home in 1995.

The fire, near the Clyde Dam, reignited late on Saturday afternoon from an earlier fire started by fireworks on Friday night.

Severe heavy rain and gale warnings have been issued for parts of the lower North Island and much of the South Island, from Saturday into Sunday.

A jury has found both David Hawken and Rebecca Wright-Meldrum guilty of the murder of Christchurch woman Angela Blackmoore in 1995.

The death of a person whose body was found in the Avon River in Christchurch is not believed to be suspicious.

Another charge has been laid against a man who was arrested after police found weapons at a University of Canterbury hall of residence.