Charges include including shoplifting and aggravated robbery.

Man "haunted" by tragic river crossing that killed daughter avoids conviction.

Police raided homes in Auckland, Palmerston North and Christchurch looking for drugs.

Man who brutally bashed his estranged wife has lost his bid to have his sentence reduced.

Call to #FreeTheWeetabix will go to the High Court, after Sanitarium filed papers.

Excellence in training celebrated with awards for care and support industry.

A day ahead of Labour's freshwater announcement, National has made its own.

A parent's plan to keep kids safe violates the district plan, the council claims.

Michael McGrath investigation moves to suburbs of Ellesmere, Lincoln and Halswell.

A woman has claimed on social media that she was 'so sorry' for the incident on Saturday.

Tributes flow for 'caring' mum who died after allegedly being stabbed at a party.

Victim was abducted by Mongrel Mob members, raped and murdered in December, 2008.

A sick and paralysed grandma starts public appeal to meet 'her darling' Richie McCaw.

Death of popular banker Michael Phillips now "unexplained", police say

The body of the man found in a South Canterbury River has been identified.

Police will next week search new "areas of interest" in the hunt for Christchurch builder.

He brandished his gun in two South Island dairies before fleeing.

Precious memento of triumphant expedition team's special visit goes under the hammer.

Japanese internees were being taken from Auckland to Australia for a prisoner exchange.

Driver makes a destructive getaway bid after police track a stolen truck by GPS.

Man with prostitute at Christchurch hotel says he was robbed at knifepoint

Stream, native wetlands, and skateboards proposed for new Cathedral Square, Christchurch

Neighbours recall tale of woman who jumped to her death in 1967 after killing her husband.

Early risers were met with frost, fog and icy windscreens this morning.

South Canterbury farm at the centre of the outbreak of Mycoplasma bovis has been named.

A man has been airlifted to hospital after his car rolled down a bank near Little Akaloa.

Bromfield School in Amberley keeping kids inside at the request of police.

Helicopters are being used to muster Kaikoura seals away from quake-repair zones.

Christchurch car dealer Nigel Thompson avoids conviction in road rage punch-up

Proposed changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme "final nail in the coffin", expert says.