House fire in Christchurch
Firefighters battled a blaze that gutted a two-story house in Christchurch this evening.
Firefighters battled a blaze that gutted a two-story house in Christchurch this evening.
Geonet say there is a 98 per cent chance of an aftershock of 6 to 6.9 magnitude in the next year.
Police are seeking two young men after the aggravated robbery of a bus driver in Christchurch.
Finance Minister Steven Joyce outlines his attitude to Auckland's woes, Super Fund and tax.
If variety is the spice of life, this week is set to be a lively one.
All Blacks great Richie McCaw and fiancee Gemma Flynn have splashed out on a spectacular $2.5m family home.
A group of Christchurch homeowners have been given the thumbs up to proceed with a class action against their insurer, Southern Response.
When Kaikoura locals told visiting PM Bill English the Govt effort was "piss poor" in the quake-strewn region, Gerry Brownlee let them have it.
A jealous truck driver who hit his neighbour and occasional lover with a garden gnome and bashed her to death with a metal bar has failed to get off his conviction.
School leavers remarkably unaffected by earthquakes, surprising research finds.
A former Canterbury primary school principal who groomed a young boy before sexually assaulting him over half a decade was today jailed for more than nine years.
The quake struck just after midnight on November 14, causing massive fault line ruptures and slips, damaging buildings and closing key roads.
A truck has rolled, blocking one lane of State Highway 7 - the temporary main road between Picton and Christchurch.
Kaikoura has another $2.7 million to help it rebuild after being hit hard by the devastating earthquake last month.
COMMENT: A year after the earthquake, I stood outside the old chicken wire fence and stared in. All you could hear was the easterly.
A free service has been set up to ease the Christmas shopping horror.
A young Christchurch builder allegedly sacked via text didn't tell his family and for a week pretended to go to work every morning.
New 3D fly-through footage of the Kaikoura coastline is being used to assess key areas of damage.
A huge new body of water on their property wasn't part of their plan, but these North Canterbury farmers want to make hay while the sun shines.
A licence to fish for whitebait, much like the Fish and Game sports fishing licence, has been suggested as one way of managing the fishery.
A new report has found it would cost more than $250million to repair Christchurch's earthquake-battered Lancaster Park.
A pair of overdue Canterbury trampers had a lucky escape from predicted bad weather last evening after their delayed arrival at the
After an exam season marred by mistakes, the date NCEA students will be able to check their results online has been released.
Fewer than half of councils have enough staff trained to respond to marine oil spills.
Parts of the North Island are expected to hit 30 degrees today, with Hawke's Bay getting the biggest dose of the sun's rays.
Canterbury's Highway Patrol is reminding motorists to drive with caution while the Lewis Pass alternate highway (State Highway 7)
Patched members and associates of the Head Hunters gang arrested in a series of armed raids across Christchurch this morning have appeared in court.
A new satellite-based tool published by Landcare Research has provided one of the clearest views yet of what changes last month's 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake wrought on the landscape.
The Head Hunters members were charged with offences ranging from participation in an organised crime group to supplying the class-A controlled drug methamphetamine.
Nearly a dozen dams formed by landslides in the devastating Kaikoura quake are being closely monitored for fear of collapsing.