Two pilots have died in separate incidents involving gliders in North Canterbury and South Auckland today.

Greg Dixon finds fine food, wonderful views and rusticating luxury at one of New Zealand newest luxury destinations.

Port of Tauranga has continued its national expansion by buying up 15ha of commercial land in Canterbury to create a new inland port.

Journalist Peter Robert Douglas, 35, was wheelchair-bound all his life, but managed to achieve an awful lot in his tiny frame.

A father and son have been found safe and well this morning after spending a night in a at the base of a cliff following a kayaking trip that went wrong off the Canterbury coast.

A real estate agent has had a charge of serious negligence overturned in the High Court at Auckland, after she challenged a Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal decision.

Life is never dull on the road with Grant the Cook, writes Jason Burgess.

The 'red zone' created in the aftermath of Christchurch's earthquakes was legal, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Canterbury's unique geological setting has led scientists to believe the earthquake sequence it has experienced could likely not happen anywhere else in the world.

Student numbers are expected to increase at the University of Otago next year, turning around three years of declining enrolments at the institution.

Possible further victims of a crooked Christchurch cop are being urged to come forward after the former senior officer admitted sex and corruption charges today.

A Christchurch police officer told a suspected drink driver that any charges would go away if she performed oral sex on him, a court heard today.

A paraponter spent about four hours perched precariously on a ridge with suspected spinal injuries after crashing in a remote Canterbury alpine range this afternoon.

A crowd of 60,000 is expected to turn out at the Canterbury A&P Show today on the region's anniversary public holiday.

Problems highlighted by the Auditor-General in the way EQC dealt with homeowners affected by the Canterbury earthquakes have already been dealt with, the Government says.

Liz Light admires the heritage architecture of central Christchurch and discovers there’s still much history to enjoy on a weekend break.

Archaeologists yesterday battled against the tide to rescue 14th century moa bones from a "significant" historical settlement at Awamoa Creek, south of Oamaru.

The motorcyclist knocked from a bridge into a flooded river by an out-of-control truck is out of hospital and aware he's lucky to be alive.

A truck driver thought he'd killed a motorcyclist when he lost control on a Canterbury bridge this morning, sending the rider plummeting into the freezing river below.

The bad weather bashing New Zealand has delayed the arrival of Canterbury's first major cruise ship of the summer season.

A serious motorbike crash has closed State Highway One in North Canterbury this afternoon.

A shallow earthquake has jolted Cantabrians this morning, even though it measured less than four on the Richter Scale.