Experienced hunter who accidentally bumped the trigger in Christchurch fined.

A Kaiapoi home has been extensively damaged by fire in a large blaze overnight.

An elderly Kaiapoi man who had been missing since this morning has been found safe and well. Earlier today, police said they had

Police hold concerns for missing Kaiapoi pensioner.

Firefighters in Kaiapoi, North of Christchurch, are attending a large blaze near the Waimakariri River this afternoon.

The Clarence River has burst its banks, with residents being told to move to high ground immediately, as aftershocks continue to rock the country.

Many people evacuated from Kaiapoi due to the tsunami risk have hunkered down in their vehicles at the Pak n'Save carpark in Rangiora.

Crown-company Otakaro spent $108,000 headhunting internationally for its chief executive, only to choose a locally based man.

A historic ship stranded on a rivermouth bar after undergoing a $200,000 restoration is being wrecked.

A father-of-three is dead after a weekend jet-ski trip with his brother and friend turned to tragedy in North Canterbury.

A woman has been killed in a crash near Kaiapoi in north Canterbury this morning.

Suspicion surrounds a blaze that engulfed a red-zoned property in Kaiapoi, north of Christchurch, overnight.

A jury is deciding whether a Christchurch drilling boss who detained two thieves caught siphoning fuel did so legally and with reasonable force.

Christchurch jurors waiting for a trial to begin are rudely interrupted by a woman who burst into the jury room and locked herself in the toilet.

A 29-year-old farmhand has today pleaded guilty to murdering a woman in July - but the man and his victim's identities remain suppressed.

Rangiora, 25km from Christchurch, escaped unscathed from the Christchurch earthquakes but safety checks have now shut down some of its most important businesses.

Gerry Brownlee has slammed a newspaper report a decision about orange zoned land in Kaiapoi is due next week...