WorkSafe inspectors will start visiting trampoline parks across New Zealand from today to ensure they are meeting health and safety rules.

At least 30 4WD vehicles, two boats and a jet ski came to the rescue on Sunday after a Nissan Safari got stuck in a Canterbury river.

First it was creepy clowns, now people dressed as monkeys are terrorising people.

A convenience store in Christchurch has been robbed this morning - for the third time in less than two months.

Congestion north of Auckland and around Wellington has eased, NZ Transport Agency says.

The search continues for a diver missing off Canterbury's Banks Peninsula.

In a video, the teacher is seen standing over the boy, who is lying on the ground crying.

Armed teenagers dressed in Halloween horror masks - including a creepy clown - robbed a service station in Christchurch.

New Zealand needs to provide much better care for the mentally ill, says a man who was rescued from a bid to take his own life.

A dog attacked his hens so this man used the closest thing to hand when he took his anger out on the dog owner.

The Court of Appeal has confirmed a hearing date next year for Work and Income double-killer Russell John Tully.

Thousands have non-urgent surgery or appointments delayed

Police have confirmed the man who was found dead in his crashed ute had been missing for 10 days.

Police are warning Canterbury property owners of a spate of burglaries targeting houses under construction.

A newly-elected Hurunui District councillor is making waves after pledging to take her baby with her to meetings if her childcare costs are not subsidised.

A truck driver accused of causing a crash that killed a Christchurch father of three today pleaded not guilty.

Two people have received burns in a house fire in Christchurch this evening.

The police have called off searches for Yuri Santana, eight days after he was last seen, but his parents haven't given up hope.

There are concerns for 17-year-old Yuri Santana, who hasn't been seen for a week.

Dramatic details have been revealed of an incident which left a teenage boy seriously injured at a Christchurch trampoline park.

Serious injuries reported at city's new trampoline park.

Levels of arsenic higher than the acceptable level for drinking water have been found in the Hawea Flat Kindergarten's supply.

Emergency doctors have seen a cluster of injuries linked to two new indoor trampoline parks in Christchurch, including fractures, lacerations and serious spinal injuries.

Canterbury police are looking for two people allegedly involved in the burglary of Rakaia Four Square early this morning.

A property developer's claims of an unfair tax trial have been thrown out by appeal judges.

'When the pager went off I didn't read it properly and didn't realise the fire was at our station,' says firefighter.

Two would-be burglars of a Christchurch pub apologised to a cleaner and fled the building empty-handed in the early hours of this

Changes undermine value of national bowel screening programme, expert says.

Police have named the man who died following a fall on the Gunn Ridge Track near Whataroa on Friday as Nicolaj Brun.

The Canterbury man who cheated on his wife and was jailed for burning her to death in her car is out on parole.