The former boss of the quarry where a landslip is feared to have killed a digger operator yesterday has spoken of previous brushes with death.

The digger driver buried under 1000 tonnes of rubble has been named as Murray Taylor.

A person is dead and another seriously injured after a crash in south Canterbury this afternoon.

There's no shortage of options for keen skiers in the South Island, writes Jane Jeffries.

A Canterbury rugby league legend, known at his club simply as ‘The Godfather’, has died suddenly during a training session on the eve of his 300th and final match.

The country’s top road cop is lamenting the deaths of five people over the Queen’s Birthday holiday weekend, including a 5-year-old boy who died in hospital yesterday.

A Christchurch pedestrian has been taken to hospital after she was knocked down by a vehicle in the central city this morning.

It took just eight seconds to bring down the former police station in Christchurch. Watch video of the controlled implosion here.

One farmer is using humour to help get him through the tough conditions brought on by drought in North Canterbury.

Police have identified the human remains found on Aoraki-Mt Cook this year as a climber who went missing more than 40 years ago.

Enjoy the meandering Kaiapoi River in this pretty little historic town, writes Elisabeth Easther.

A strong earthquake centred in Marlborough was felt as far away as Wellington this evening. GeoNet said the magnitude 4.6 quake happened 16km underground.

Community support has been lauded after a crash in the Hakataramea Valley at the weekend in which six people were thrown from a four-wheel-drive vehicle.

Police want the public's help to locate a 24-year-old Canterbury man who has been missing since Monday.

Two people have died in a crash on a Christchurch motorway this evening.

The Canterbury rebuild's imminent conclusion and business sales will push New Zealand's biggest listed business to make operating earnings of between $650 million to $690 million - the lower end of....

With the sheep and the All Blacks link there are few places as true blue South Island, says Elisabeth Easther.

One person has died following a crash involving two cars and a truck in Canterbury this afternoon.

A visit to the thermal hot pools at Hanmer Springs should be an essential stop on any South Island road trip, writes Winston Aldworth.

A kayaker missing on a Canterbury lake for 11 days has today been named by police and mourned by a "heartbroken" family.

An Auckland couple who survived a serious crash in Canterbury are distraught over the death of their 4-year-old daughter.

Members of a family injured in a crash which killed a young girl on Friday night remain in hospital.