Canterbury

Haeata Community Campus principal Peggy Burrows says the footage shows the school was not at fault but Food Safety officials disagree

A 14-year-old was arrested after an Opawa dairy owner was stabbed during a robbery on Tuesday.

The 17-year-old is set to appear before the Youth Court on a number of charges, including burglary, aggravated robbery, and wounding.

The 23-year-old man will be appearing in Court on charges of entering agricultural land with intent and wilful damage for graffiti.

The fate of a proposed North Canterbury housing development is no closer to being known, more than two years after it was first rejected.

A five wicket haul for Jacob Duffy saw the Windies dismissed for just 167.

Kymani Hiley-Hetaraka, 13, was not wearing a helmet when she fell at Alpine Ice. She died in hospital two days later.

The School Lunch Collective is investigating after mouldy mince was served up to students at Haeata Community Campus yesterday.

"We rely completely on the Compass Group to deliver and then take the food that isn't eaten," says the principal at the centre of the saga. Audio

The home team have just one wicket in hand after the first day's play.

A teenager has been arrested after the incident. Audio

The possibility that students may have eaten contaminated lunches "fills me with horror", says a Christchurch school principal. Audio

A person has died in a "water-related incident" at Glenbrook on Saturday morning.

Frustrated at police progress on his case, Steven Gardiner decided to take the law into his own hands.

Small pets will need to be in a carrier that fits on passengers' laps or under the seat in front of them, while small dogs can be on a lead with a basket-type muzzle.

A site with a view of the Southern Alps has been selected as the preferred location for the long-awaited memorial. Audio

Police believed the three were part of an organised crime group in Christchurch.

Wānaka-based Thomas Vialletet and a US client fell from Aoraki Mt Cook's west ridge.

Internationally-recognised guide Thomas Vialletet called the job a 'dream that came true'.

His former boss says he would've fired him sooner had it not been for a "misunderstanding".