Canterbury

Marble-sized hailstones, flash flooding and thousands of lightning strikes were reported across Canterbury yesterday.

The Kaikōura District Council has had to block access to an old go-kart track because recreational users set a car on fire.

Emergency services and other organisations will be checking on the whale at first light on Sunday.

A teenager who killed another teen by punching him in the head has appealed his sentence of three years' imprisonment.

Thunderstorms accompanied by torrential rain and hail have been hitting parts of the South Island this afternoon.

Ashburton District Council operates with transparency, despite many workshops taking place behind doors closed to the public in the last financial year, its chief executive says.

Police are investigating reports of people tampering with powerlines around Christchurch.

A house fire in the Christchurch suburb of St Albans is being treated as suspicious.

He wanted to quickly get victims out of the Al Noor mosque following the 2019 terror attack, not only because of their physical injuries - but for their mental health as well.

Juliana Bonilla-Herrera did not know her neighbour was on parole for rape.

Christchurch mayor Phil Mauger has apologised profusely for the way the council handled the response to the stench caused by the Bromley wastewater treatment plant fire.

A roading expert has explained why potholes are repeatedly patched up rather than properly fixed.

Orana Wildlife Park, the International Antarctic Centre and Hagley Park are among the landmarks chosen for a bespoke Christchurch edition of the popular board game.

The woman has put together spooky decorations and mechanical puppets to entertain trick or treaters tonight.

One of the first police officers who arrived at Christchurch's Al Noor Mosque after reports of shots being fired says he had just one day of active shooter training before the terror attack.

The Supreme Court has dismissed a Canterbury man's appeal to be awarded more compensation money after his land was damaged in the 2010, 2011 earthquakes.

A woman whose brother was murdered in the Christchurch terror attacks says "the pursuit of truth" is not just the responsibility of the affected whānau.