Shearers' quarters have been damaged by fire on a North Canterbury farm.

Nigel Gately was arrested for breaching his parole conditions and is now in custody.

A doctor wanted on a sex charge in the United States has won a reprieve in his fight to keep his New Zealand citizenship after a bungled attempt to revoke it by the Department of Internal Affairs.

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.

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.

A heavy snow warning is in place for parts of the country and some main roads have closed.

Make sure you wrap up warm for the next few weeks - frigid temperatures are set to make August the coldest month of the year.

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.

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

A man caught masturbating at a teenage girls' softball game has been sentenced to 12-months intensive supervision.

An office administrator bullied, abused and sexually harassed by her boss has been awarded $18,000 in compensation.

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