An HIV-positive Christchurch nursing assistant is accused of having unprotected sex with Grindr dates.

When Stevie arrived and saw Richie McCaw standing in front of a helicopter she was "gobsmacked, speechless", her mother said.

This cutie was amazingly discovered five days after the 7.8 magnitude quake.

In road rage incident, man rammed five people into the Avon River, before saying "I'm John f***ing Savage and don't you forget it." He then drove off.

Bills to allow the dredging of Kaikoura Harbour and other quake recovery work will pass under Urgency in Parliament today.

A truck and car were involved in a serious accident north of Christchurch this morning.

The signs of summer are among us with pohutakawa trees flowering already and forecasters say the official first day of the season on Thursday will be calm and dry.

Compared to other fibres, yak wool is more sustainable because yaks aren't farmed specifically for wool.

An 18-year-old university student cycled over two hours along Kaikoura's quake-stricken coastline driven by one goal - to catch a flight.

All Black Aaron Smith has been pictured in public with his partner Teagan Voykovich for the first time after his toilet incident earlier this year.

COMMENT: Earthquakes make New Zealand great. We would not have a country without them.

COMMENT: The shaking may have shattered homes, dreams and livelihoods, but the spirit of the people remains unbroken.

Two Canterbury fires are being treated as suspicious after being discovered one street apart in the early hours of Saturday morning.

A police officer and pig have become unlikely friends.

A stark image of three cows stranded on an island created by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake near Kaikoura captured global attention last week.

Women are being branded an untapped resource in filling the national trades shortage, as a new company seeks to get women into the construction industry.

Canterbury Civil Defence hopes to reopen one lane of the Inland Rd into Kaikoura tomorrow afternoon.

More than 25 police staff remain in Kaikoura and the surrounding area offering reassurance to locals and offering their assistance.

The state house where John Key famously grew up is being sold by the Government.

Wanted man using social media to avoid police, says detective.

A mum and her two young children narrowly missed a landslide last night, watching debris and dust come down in her car's rear vision mirror.

Mt Lyford residents have limited use of Kaikoura's Inland Rd.

It may be time to put away the togs - scorching temperatures on Wednesday aren't likely to be repeated today, the MetService says. While

Canterbury police are appealing to the public for help finding a 34-year-old man with multiple warrants for his arrest.

Residents south of Kaikoura in Goose Bay have been told to be prepared to be gone for at least 10 days while Civil Defence monitors a quake landslide upstream.

Three young children have been treated in hospital for potentially-deadly meningococcal disease.

A stream of bubbles is rising out of the sea around the Kaikoura peninsula as newly formed cracks in the seabed release gases into the water.

People affected by the current earthquake sequence are being urged to take extra care of themselves.

Calls to mental health helplines have spiked since the Kaikoura Earthquake.

Defence Force truck drivers brave waist-deep water crossings, damaged bridges and overhanging rocks to get supplies to Kaikoura.