The child's mother was reportedly nine months pregnant when the crash happened on Monday.

Flooding on Thompson Track in Canterbury has been "up to the windows" of cars.

Fonterra is to up its game in cream cheese with two new plants at Darfield

The worst of the weather is yet to come as houses start to flood and roads are closed.

Family of teen with kidney failure shattered after life-saving pledge seems to be bogus.

Police are confident the man wanted for a Timaru car theft is not the rugby star.

Victim's eye socket so badly damaged by 'knuckle duster' that he'll need a steel plate.

Police say the man told a community patrol he planned to sell it and buy food.

Safety barriers will be installed in Sumner by next year following two serious crashes.

A wife jailed for stabbing her husband to death has been denied parole for a third time.

Port Hills fire investigation turns criminal, with Marley's Hill fire origin suspicious.

A Christchurch bar was not happy after a party of 40 booked - but only half showed up.

No more overseas visitors than usual came to Auckland for the Blues vs Lions game.

Fieldays' rural bachelor Matthew McAtamney is still single a month after the event.

Daycare centre co-owned by All Black Israel Dagg and wife Daisy opens in Christchurch.

The men threatened staff at the Golden Mile Tavern before making off with cash.

Despite her pleas Vector wouldn't budge until the Herald got involved.

She has plead guilty to manslaughter.

Aliielua Salaivao killed himself and Michael Burnby when he drove drunk in 2015

Fog disrupts air travel across New Zealand yet again.

Northlanders are set to be battered by gale force westerly winds today.

It may be snow-go for some motorists this week, with white stuff on the way.

Christchurch Police have serious concerns for a man missing for more than a week.

A chunk of busy State Highway 1 near Christchurch has been closed after a crash.

The false declaration had the potential to create a serious biosecurity breach.

Detectives investigate whether alleged attack on cop mistaken identity or more sinister.

Police stopped a dobbed-in driver but he took off and crashed, killing two.

Arrest made after an Oamaru man was shot in the leg on Sunday.

Kaleidoscopes of monarch butterflies are brightening Auckland's winter skies.

The crash happened on State Highway 8 shortly after 5.15pm.