A Christchurch motorcycle gang headquarters has been shut down by police.

Fire investigators are looking into the suspicious circumstances of a large blaze in Dunedin overnight.

The huge death toll from asbestos-related diseases in New Zealand will continue to rise for decades.

Two people are dead after a two vehicles and a cyclist collided in Christchurch.

The 19-year-old son of a New Zealand rich-lister has admitted hitting a female police officer - more than a year after the attack occurred.

Delays expected after collision in Christchurch.

Five other workers treated for smoke inhalation as incident unfolded at Christchurch's Ravensdown fertiliser facility.

A former principal of a Canterbury school facing child sex charges from the 1990s lost name suppression today.

A Timaru toddler who fell 150cm through floorboards in the bathroom of his home is now back to normal after his extraordinary escapade yesterday.

A police spokeswoman said a person called police at 4.30am to say they had heard a group of people "talking about a bomb".

A man who lost his five-week-old daughter and partner in the Christchurch earthquake has been sentenced under the Harmful Digital Communications Act.

The search for missing two-year-old Emily Saunders has been put on hold until river conditions change.

The family of missing toddler Emily Saunders thanked the community for their support, calling the community's response to their family's tragedy "incredible."

Masked men raid Dunedin petrol station.

A would-be car thief in Invercargill met his downfall after crashing into a wheelie bin.

Opera star Anna Leese Guidi - a new mother for just over a month - is struggling with the news that her Italian husband Stefano has only two years to live.

At last, the ski world has caught up with The Jetsons.

INTERACTIVE: Explore map of assaults, sexual assaults and robberies to see how your neighbourhood compares with the rest of the country.

The search for two people whose vehicle plunged into a river near Hari Hari on the West Coast was suspended last night due to poor weather.

A fertiliser spreading company has been ordered to pay $150,000 after a worker was killed on the job.

A Greymouth pest controller says he is having to deal with double the number of rats around the district compared to two years ago.

Fifty years ago, Annie McGregor's husband died - along with four others - in one of NZ's worst mountaineering tragedies.

Police have described the actions of a motorcyclist who drove at more than 200kmh as "suicidal'' and "unbelievable''.

Two people suffered serious burns in a shed fire in Christchurch last night.

Attempts are being made to capture a flock of kea in Haast, after one was found to be suffering from lead poisoning.

Police are appealing for any witnesses to the armed robbery at KFC Riccarton, about 8.07pm on Tuesday.