Canterbury's Peter Fulton provided the highlight of Plunket Shield action yesterday, posting a classy double-century against Central Districts.

A strong earthquake rumbled the Canterbury region in the early hours today.

Police have named a man who died following an alleged road-rage incident in Christchurch last month.

A man has died in Christchurch Hospital this morning after he suffered a head injury during a dispute with another motorist in the city last month.

Costs associated with the Christchurch rebuild account for the bulk of $214 million of unauthorised public spending in the past year, according to a new review.

Salmon 'chanted evenings are the toast of this town, discovers Elisabeth Easther.

A car driven by tourists was seen on the wrong side of the road shortly before it crashed on the West Coast of the South Island yesterday, killing one.

A tourist driver who arrived from Australia early in the morning and hired a rental car, fell asleep at the wheel - causing a head-on crash that killed his mother.

A mother whose 12-year-old daughter died in a triple fatal car crash says her personal tragedy showed how tight-knit communities can help people survive extreme trauma.

Iain Rennie made a "miscalculation" in allowing a joint press conference over Roger Sutton's resignation, but he should not stand down, John Key says.

Two people are dead and two others critically and seriously injured after a cluster of car crashes in Canterbury overnight.

This town has big money, great pubs and cottage industries, discovers Elisabeth Easther.

A mother who endured the Canterbury earthquakes and then lost her 12-year-old daughter in a horrific car crash will give a keynote talk about resilience later this month.

Nearly 100 jobs are set to go at Work and Income - but the government says even more new roles will be created.

Three men have been arrested following a Christchurch street brawl in which pot plants, a spade, baseball bat and a metal street sign pole were used as weapons.