Players in Palmerston North and Christchurch have won Lotto's First Division tonight.

A receptionist who stole $133,000 from a Christchurch rebuild company has been sentenced.

Twenty tickets given out during a sting to try and stop red light-runners near a school.

Kaleidoscopes of monarch butterflies are brightening Auckland's winter skies.

Government and council to put $35 million towards restoring the ChristChurch Cathedral.

Motorcyclist dies after crashing into a pole in St Albans, Christchurch.

Harding will return for shows in Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland.

An Air New Zealand plane was diverted off course when a passenger became unwell.

Government wants the education system to equip young Kiwis to "live and work globally".

Most of the country should see rain this weekend, but the temperatures should be mild.

Frontline police in Canterbury will have more weaponry from Saturday.

Coroner made recommendations to improve response to future disasters. What's happened?

Man woke up find three of his sheep slaughtered for meat and lambs inside them discarded.

The bylaws have been in force for years, but it seems few may have heard of them

Greg Fleming stays at an award-winning boutique hotel in Canterbury.

Rapist and murderer Liam Reid reportedly got married in prison on his daughter's birthday.

After long-running campaign to save Maddie Collins life, she is set to arrive in US today.

"Bewilderment" over decision to allow rapist and murderer to marry in prison today.

A 13-year-old girl is in a stable condition in at Waikato Hospital.

Heavy rain continuing to lash the Bay of Plenty has caused a slip.

Nasa's flying observatory lands in Christchurch for more scientific night flights.

Marriage scam fraudster ordered to give $10k to Wellington man for 'emotional distress'.

Teenager named as third person charged over Sumner murder.

Steady rainfall is forecast as a low makes its way slowly down the North Island.

The bylaw is aimed at preventing youths from loitering near a bus lounge.

Lianne Dalziel tells synod: "There is only one decision that takes us forward as a city."

A school girl managed to get away from a man following her by getting on a crowded bus.

A Christchurch woman is shocked after a gun was mistakenly couriered to her house.

Readers respond to the article about residents fed up with "bong smoking dubsters".

US Homeland Security contacted New Zealand police to inform them of a Christchurch link.