Phil Ker says problems in the education system are not being addressed.

Tom Walsh was overcome with emotion after he and Joelle King were named Kiwi flagbearers.

Floodwaters may be contaminated with sewage.

Banks Avenue School site was badly damaged in the 2011 earthquake.

'I was kind of worried about needles and razorblades to be honest,' said one surfer.

Four months' worth of rain has fallen in Christchurch in July.

With NZR hanging on to under-fire coach Ian Foster, Robertson appears to have had enough.

Shadbolt's prediction for how he can win another term appears to be falling into place.

Construction of Otago University's six-storey Christchurch campus on Oxford Tce begins.

Here's where to find the largest little penguin colony on mainland New Zealand.

A woman raises concern about use of changing rooms at public pool, to mayor's disgust.

Anthony Phillip Hitchcock was one of the first to be sentenced to life imprisonment in NZ.

Bus services have enjoyed increased patronage, but it is still down on pre-Covid levels.

OPINION: Antarctician activities are a key contributor to the Canterbury economy.

Drunk people are leering at women, scaring children and begging for money.

Sean Buis, 28, died at the park last Thursday.

Dunedin and North Otago residents warned of heavy rain.

Flooding around the streets of Christchurch.

OPINION: $15 entry fee dropped and moved outdoors.

Million-dollar jackpot Timaru winner says he can't wait to share the news with his family.

The disruption is due to work being carried out on the Aratere and Kaitaki.

Receiving the recommendation at the end of the school holidays was "unhelpful" they say.

Groundswell letter about draft Te Tai o Poutini Plan described as "mischief-making".

Snow has shut off several roads in the Canterbury and West Coast areas.

The whale was only the second-weirdest thing Archie had found washed up.

Fire engulfed a house on the West Coast.

A steady drop in results from wastewater testing in all southern sites - except two.