A prisoner set fire to her cell bedding at Christchurch Women's Prison last night, causing extensive damage and injuring two prison guards who came to help her.

Cheaper calls may be at hand, but you'll probably still need two phones to get the best deals.

It's sweltering in the South Island with Timaru and Christchurch reaching new highs. How are you keeping cool?

Many audience members walk out on performer and his 'perverted' show.

A Christchurch prostitute who arranged to do an indecent photo shoot with her 15-year-old daughter has been jailed for 20 months and told her behaviour was "almost inexplicable conduct by a mother".

A drug addict and alcoholic who broke into the Christchurch home of a 62-year-old widow and bashed her to death in her bed for a couple of hundred dollars was jailed for life today.

Max Gimblett is one of our most beloved painters. Rebecca Barry met him in his New York studio and learned about his creative process.

The Rugby World Cup "party central" will be "a destination second to none" and will be ready in time for the event, Auckland Waterfront Development Agency chairman Bob Harvey says.

Sonny Bill Williams' boxing bout last week has done him no harm in his preparation for the upcoming Super Rugby season, according to All Blacks and Crusaders medical staff.