A person has died in an incident involving a tractor on a farm near Oxford in Canterbury, police say.

The Quake Outcasts group have had a partial victory in their appeal against the Government's buyout offers following the Canterbury earthquakes.

A Taiwanese tourist driver and widow who killed her own father after running a stop sign has today been shown mercy by a judge.

Two men will appear before the Christchurch District Court today facing charges of unlawful possession of firearms.

A teenager who died when a car he was travelling in crashed down a steep bank has today been named by police.

She came to New Zealand to recover from depression brought on by her partner's death in a motorcycle crash.

A tourist driver who ran a stop sign, causing a crash that killed her father, was recovering from depression caused by her partner's death in a motorbike crash.

The father of a girl killed in a crash caused by a Dutch businessman says safety messages are not getting through to tourist drivers.

Building height restrictions and NIMBY attitudes in inner Auckland are standing in the way of an response to Auckland's housing shortage, the Reserve Bank governor says.

A Taiwanese tourist killed in a crash in Canterbury last week has been named.

The historic Craigieburn Station, in the central Canterbury foothills, has come up for sale for the first time in 98 years.

Two people have been arrested in Canterbury overnight following a string of aggravated robberies during which shots were fired at police.

Dave Grohl, frontman for US rockers Foo Fighters, is a man who likes surprises - and he's just sprung one on his band's Kiwi fans.

Global insurance giant Lloyd's has paid out $4.2 billion for the Canterbury earthquakes, expects to pay a further $1.6 billion and remains committed to New Zealand.

New Zealand's dual insurance system has been deemed inefficient by a leading insurance company, following the Canterbury earthquakes.