A convicted rapist now being sought by police had been commended for his post-release progress only months before when the parole board said it did not need to see him again.

Police believe rapist and kidnapper Nigel Robert Gately may be in Marlborough.

Gloriavale teen Prayer Ready choked to death in an isolation room. Now, a daughter of the controversial leader says her mother would have been "told what to say".

A Timaru factory has been damaged after a heating unit used for plastics moulds caught fire.

A former principal of a Canterbury school facing child sex charges from the 1990s remains in custody.

The Earthquake Commission is letting go of hundreds of staff in a restructuring programme.

A coroner has found no evidence to support claims that a husband ran over and killed his Christchurch schoolteacher wife deliberately or recklessly.

The mercury is dropping but Sarah Lawrence's spirits are rising as she heads south.

After beating cancer three times, Sarah is going on a road trip to the West Coast on scooters to raise money for the Cancer Society of New Zealand.

Contractors have today started digging up the site of the Canterbury Television building as part of the ongoing police probe to see if anyone is criminally liable for the disaster.

It wasn't a bargain that this couple had in mind when they went to the Warehouse in Timaru.

Armed police have raided a house in North Canterbury this morning, suspected to be linked to illegal drugs.

A light earthquake rattled Canterbury shortly after midnight on Sunday morning.

Members of a top Christchurch football club have been blasted for their actions on a flight.

A number of architectural gems, including a bus exchange, garden room and wellness retreat, are on track to win an industry accolade this year.

A coroner has ruled Ashburton teenager Kirsty Bentley died from a massive blow to her head on the day she went missing.

Fire crews are attending a large fire in central Christchurch early this evening.

Reporter Kurt Bayer takes to the skies to witness science in action, even if it makes his head hurt a little.

Christchurch's Redcliffs School will stay open, it has been announced.

Firefighters fear a person may be trapped inside a rural North Canterbury home that is engulfed by fire.

The man accused of murdering Christchurch woman Renee Duckmanton can be named.

Man sought over car theft.

Christchurch taxi drivers have hit the streets today in protest of global ride-share giant Uber.

A man has died in a crash in Selwyn, Canterbury after two cars collided on West Coast Rd in Kirwee shortly after 5pm.

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New Google feature to collate local seismic information and display it after a quick search, avoiding trawling through websites

Watching her sports mad son grow up Angela Dixon often wondered whether it was the right path for her son Elliot

Investigators seek cause of overnight blazes.

Three prisoners accused of murder after inmate dies in hospital.

A road rage driver who chased a "frightened" woman for 17km after she flashed her lights at him for driving on high beam has pleaded guilty to intimidation today.