With exotic holiday plans on hold, a journey to the West Coast is full of highlights.

The Akaroa Treated Wastewater Options Hearings Panel has concluded its deliberations.

Adventure tour operators are stepping up mountain and E-bike tours.

Full list: Which schools will get free school lunches?

Full list: Who gets free school lunches in Wellington and the South Island.

Three fishermen died when the trawler sank off the Canterbury coast in 2015.

'We've now had a chance to reflect and we think that the time is right for a change.'

'Now would be a good time for a rethink.'

'We support their decision without any doubt,' survivor backs decision to halt memorial

Danish tourist visiting Queenstown tests positive for coronavirus.

The ship arrived in Akaroa Harbour this morning.

The diver was reported missing about 1.45pm today.

MPI says it has a zero tolerance policy to illegal fishing

Coroner says knowing risks could help prevent someone else dying.

The local primary school children had the chance to see the animal up close.

Death of six headless seals "cruel and senseless", DOC says

Majority of responses the bistro received about the restriction had been very positive.

Three people taken to hospital after being trapped in a vehicle which crashed into water.

The killed motorcyclist was a 24-year-old Christchurch man.

The road will be closed for at least four hours.

Guests at a backpacker's hostel in Akaroa got a killer surprise today.

The person was found dead inside the vehicle by emergency services

WorkSafe is making initial inquiries into the death of Alan John Scott yesterday.

Police say man may have been operating machinery.

"Black pudding or in this case, Boudin Noir, is a polarising sausage": contest judge

Two people have been flown to Christchurch Hospital after a car smash near Akaroa

Shandelle Battersby checks into a one-bedroom Seaview Cottage, overlooking the harbour.

Shandelle Battersby gets up close to some of our rarer creatures on Banks Peninsula.