Colder temperatures may mean myrtle rust might not survive long if it reaches Wellington.

An activated GPS tracker spelled arrest for a troubled West Coast truck thief.

National Party board member who asked woman to withdraw Todd Barclay complaint named.

Hunker down - days of rain, gales and snow are on the way.

Work on historic Timeball tower - damaged in 2011 earthquake - to begin in July.

The owner of the award-winning building called the case "vexatious".

The start of Treble Cone's ski season is to be postponed because of a lack of snow.

The shortest day of the year ushers in nasty weather.

Challenge for Chch to work out "how do you get the old heart to beat inside its new skin".

"Huge" decontamination operation begins today.

Canterbury already has the second-fastest growing Maori population in the country.

Video shows wooden pallets and a pair of spectacles were not burned after the explosion.

An Alpine Fault earthquake could cut the West Coast from the main grid for many weeks.

Northern areas could be hammered by heavy rain next week, while the south could get snow.

Police have cordoned off a part of central Dunedin and evacuated businesses.

A young girl fought off a man who tried to abduct her in a hotel carpark in Christchurch.

Mother of man who took his own life angered by apology for shortcomings in his care.

Police won't lay charges in relation to the quake death at St Christopher's Book Market.

Man admits charges after ordering his dog to savagely attack publican in West Coast bar

COMMENT: The Cathedral has been left to rot for the past six years, six years too long.

An explosion that killed a person was so violent if shook nearby houses.

Roads are closed and Cook Strait crossings suspended as wild weather wallops country.

Police say father and husband Kurt Sturgess is believed to have been in the vehicle.

Police are offering rewards for anyone who has information on black-market tobacco.

A former prison counsellor who posted about ex-girlfriend's abusive mother gets convicted.

Tomorrow's Interislander sailings have been canned as snow falls in the South.

Feisty Christchurch woman confronted a burglar moments after he broke into her house.

Since 2015, the Riccarton bus lounge had been a hot-spot for trouble-causing youths.

From today an active front will begin to cross the South Island, moving north.

His wife suffered pellet wounds to her abdomen and arm when she was shot.