'Super-spreader event' shuts school: 39 staff get Covid at teacher-only day
School hopes today and Waitangi Day will act as a circuit-breaker.
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Powerball $17.25 million win mistaken for $17,250: ‘Got to get my eyes checked’
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Five dead in under 24 hours on South Island roads
Police are urging motorists to follow safety advice after a deadly 24 hours.
Parents of aid worker want death in Ukraine recognised as war crime
Andrew Bagshaw's colleague, was unlawfully killed while evacuating civilians.
Watch: ‘Shame on you’ - Protesters chant at National MPs leaving restaurant
Pro-Palestine protesters chant at MPs in the city for a caucus retreat.
15-year-old charged following fatal Canterbury crash
Christchurch woman Sandra Loveday was killed in the August smash.
National starts political year on high, as Christopher Luxon prepares first speech
National begins the year with caution - a few missteps and it could lose everything.
MetService Christchurch Weather: January 16th - 18th
MetService Christchurch Weather: January 16th - 18th. Video / Metservice
Killer stretch of road: Six dead in under a year prompts urgent safety work
The 11km stretch of SH1 needs overhaul, NZTA Waka Kotahi says.
Christchurch Lotto player wins $1m, Powerball rolls over to Saturday
It comes just days after a young Maraenui woman discovered she’d become a millionaire.
Double tragedy: Father and grandmother killed in horrific crash
Young children were also injured in the two-car collision on SH1 north of Christchurch.
Second crash on Canterbury road after double-fatal accident
It is the same stretch of road where two people died yesterday.
Two die in two-car collision
Two people have died and several people have been injured in a crash near Christchurch. Video / George Heard
New Zealand’s largest private rock collection up for sale
Vince Burke hasn’t let his age stop him from rock hunting.
Collapse of an empire: How a South Island gang boss was brought down from inside
Kurt Bayer reports on the fast rise, and even faster fall, of an underworld kingpin.
Police seeking sightings of car
Police are seeking sightings of a second car believed to have taken off moments after a man was killed on a street in Christchurch. Video / Sam Sherwood
Police give update on Christchurch homicide
Detective Inspector Nicola Reeves gives an update on a homicide investigation in Christchurch, asking for sightings of a white Toyota after a man was found dead on Carisbrooke St, Aranui. Video / Sam Sherwood
Nineteen people killed on our roads over official holiday period
Nineteen families around New Zealand have been affected by road deaths these holidays.
Police appeal for help to find missing 18-year-old last seen in Invercargill
Bailey Keen, 18, has not been seen since last Wednesday, December 27.
Fleeing driver hits police motorbike and patrol car
Christchurch incident unfolded in broad daylight on Friday afternoon.
MetService Christchurch Weather: December 29th - 31st
MetService Christchurch Weather: December 29th - 31st. Video / Metservice
MetService Christchurch Weather: December 28th - 30th
MetService Christchurch Weather: December 28th - 30th. Video / Metservice
Christchurch homicide: Man, 36, due in court this afternoon
A fatal stabbing happening at a Christchurch park in the early hours today.
‘Unprofessional and unethical’: GP to pay $48k after using alias to post bad reviews
The doctor was earlier found guilty of making $30k worth of false ACC claims.
Orange haze from Australian bushfires hangs over Christchurch, could stay for Xmas
More than 60 Aussie fires have sent vast plumes of smoke over New Zealand.
Convicted killer of Christchurch teen declined parole
Connor Whitehead, 16, was shot dead at a party in Christchurch in 2021.
Paragliding accident: Emergency services rush to help
Hato Hone St John are treating a patient at scene of accident.
'It's pretty scary': Residents on edge after spate of suspicious fires
Two properties less than 100m apart were hit by suspicious fire overnight.
'It's horrible': Top detective vows to keep searching for Yanfei Bao
Christchurch real estate agent was last seen alive on July 19.
'Ecstatic': Convicted killer claims miscarriage of justice for 1994 murder
Case referred to Court of Appeal after new evidence has come to light.
Prison visitor caught with drugs, gun, stash of cash
Visitor's long list of what not to bring when visiting an inmate.
MetService Christchurch Weather: December 15th - 17th
MetService Christchurch Weather: December 15th - 17th.
Editorial: United Airlines' flights into Christchurch a shot in the arm for NZ tourism
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