Anxious homeowners seek fire answers
Chaos and cordons as evacuated locals try to find out how their homes survived the night.
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Sir Miles says fire won't drive him out
As fire spread down the hills above his beloved historic Ohinetahi homestead and gardens, Sir Miles Warren wasn't going anywhere.
PM heads to fire-stricken Christchurch
Prime Minister Bill English has scrapped his day's schedule to head to Christchurch instead.
Leave now, Cashmere Hills locals told
People in the Dyers Pass Rd area of the Cashmere Hills have been ordered to leave their properties immediately.
Port Hills: The faces behind the fire
Evacuated residents spend a restless night away from their homes in the path of the Port Hills fire. Some got terrible news this morning.
Christchurch mayor 'very worried'
Lianne Dalziel says rubberneckers aren't helping and people need to 'stay at a distance' from the fires.
Baby born as fire rages on
In the midst of the raging inferno enveloping Christchurch's picturesque Port Hills, came a new life.
Brownlee questions emergency response
Civil Defence minister questions the emergency response to the Port Hills fires, which have destroyed five houses and caused hundreds to flee.
Defence force steps up help for Chch fires
People, including Defence Force firefighters, and equipment is being deployed to help contain the wildfires.
Crash pilot tribute: 'A much loved member of our team'
Three investigations are underway into how a helicopter pilot and war hero died fighting a fire, as Army chief Major General Peter Kelly pays tribute.
Falling log tragedy: Worksafe prosecuting
Charges have been laid against a Timaru lumber yard in which a toddler died when a log fell on him last year.
More than 100 evacuated due to blaze
Helicopters with monsoon buckets are back in the air today as more than 100 residents of a Christchurch seaside community were evacuated from an approaching blaze.
Christchurch sand dune fires 'suspicious'
Four homes were evacuated, but residents have since returned to their homes.
NZ seeing 'the worst' of fire season
New Zealand is now experiencing the worst of the fire season, a top officer says, with a dangerous combination of high temperatures and low relative humidity creating tinder-dry conditions across eastern hot-spots.
McCaw helps out with Port Hills fires
He carried the All Blacks to two world titles, now Richie McCaw is flying people around two huge Port Hills fires.
Escape from wall of fire: 'I was numb'
With a fire scarred home behind them, a Christchurch couple contemplate how close they were to losing their home.
Gales for Hawke's Bay as blazes continue
High winds to bring more misery to fire crews fighting bush blazes today, but no rain where it is needed.
Home lost in Port Hills' fires
The Airways Radar is also under threat from one of the two major bush fires burning near Christchurch.
Body found in Hagley Park
A body has been discovered in North Hagley Park in Christchurch this morning.
Drones could be used in disasters
Christchurch and Japanese academics are developing new drone technologies that would be able to locate people buried in wreckage following natural disasters.
Health board secrecy draws ire
In the past year this health board has agonised over its finances and where budgets should be boosted or cut - all behind closed doors.
The Waimakariri River - from space
The shallow, snaking, braided channels of Canterbury's Waimakariri River - and the heavily-developed pastureland around it - have been captured by a NASA satellite.
5.2 aftershock not linked to strandings
Scientists have ruled out any suggestion this morning's 5.2 quake was linked to the mass whale stranding at Farewell Spit.
Car rolls into ditch near Twizel
Nobody appears to have been injured in a one-car crash near Twizel this afternoon.
Investigations follow discovery of body
Police investigations are ongoing following the discovery of a body in a shed fire in Hoon Hay yesterday morning.
Boys, 8, shot by BB gun
Two brothers who shot 8-year old twin boys while testing a high-powered air rifle have been ordered to pay the children $500.
Watch: Drones spy on NZ volcanoes
Kiwi scientists could soon have a new way to safely get an up-close look at erupting volcanoes: send in the drone.
Convicted killer goes on prison rampage
A convicted killer has today admitted going on a prison rampage that caused $6000 worth of damage in December.
Businessman on sex charges named
Businessman charged with paying underage girls for sex can now be named.
Body found after Christchurch shed fire
A person is dead after a shed fire in Christchurch this morning.
Higher pass rates for 'too hard' exam
Pass rates for the controversial MCAT exam, which reduced some students to tears, are higher than previous years.
Second US ship to visit New Zealand
A second US ship is on its way to New Zealand waters, following last year's warship visit.