One person has been killed in a crash near Burnham Military Camp in Canterbury.

Parts of State Highway 87 and State Highway 82 are closed for most of Labour Weekend.

Gang's Christchurch pad taken by police under civil proceedings.

Shandelle Battersby checks into an impressive Cathedral Square hotel.

Disciplinary action could be on the cards for rest home owner after abusive tirade.

Richard Genge was convicted in a brutal 1994 attack on a Christchurch woman at a school.

Researchers are hopeful a new test will detect kidney damage reliably and early.

Waimate High School teacher censured for taking students on kayaks without lifejackets.

Children at Haumoana School are learning reading, writing and maths by cooking.

Quarter of kids in lower decile schools don't have enough to eat.

Embattled rapper Scribe breaks his silence on his legal battle.

Kiwi rapper Scribe has indicated he will take legal action against police.

Police named the man as 47-year-old Duayne Barry Insley from Glenorchy.

A man who stabbed a child to death when he was just 15 has been denied parole.

A man has died in Christchurch Hospital after a car crash that happened nearly a week ago.

Baby Chrissa had a 50/50 chance of surviving the procedure.

An anorexia survivor speaks out about her mental health battle.

"All the cries for help fell on deaf ears," father says. Distressing content.

Lawyer seeking test ruling for first batch of buyers claiming botched EQC repairs.

Decision on whether to lay charges over CTV Building collapse is close.

She posed as bank staff and conned elderly into thinking their power would be cut off.

A sleepless night for some residents living in a block of flats after a blaze broke out.

Accused used a steering wheel lock to hit Marcus Tucker in an effort to "calm" him down.

Police are investigating a street fight where a shot was fired this morning.

A vitamin-mineral treatment could help kids with ADHD, new Kiwi-led research suggests.

Residents' six-year battle to move sex workers from plying trade outside their homes.

Van full of tourists escape 8-metre plunge into a riverbed on the Inland Kaikoura Rd.

Pair deny murdering Rebels gang member

Patches of showers and rain will reach all parts of the country this weekend.

The raid on Head Hunter boss Wayne Doyle is the latest battle in a "targeted" police war.