A four-car collision near Christchurch Airport has caused a lane of traffic on SH1 to close.

The quake struck 30km west of Te Anau at 2.55pm, according to GeoNet.

Roof of Risingholme Community Centre collapses after blaze rips through it.

It might have been an out-take from Reservoir Dogs or Point Break, but facing a well-dressed masked robber was far from Hollywood make-believe for a teen dairy worker.

First person to lose their life over holiday weekend was passionate about 1937 Ford Cabriolet convertible.

The Queen's Birthday road toll is now up to seven following the death of a man involved in a crash yesterday.

Alarm after tuberculosis-positive cow discovered at his farm.

A week of planning and two days of hard graft using a bulldozer was what it took to free 13 4WD vehicles stuck in the snow for a fortnight up the Old Man Range.

A man wearing the odd combination of a hoodie, formal pants and shoes ran down a main Christchurch road with a till after robbing a dairy this evening.

A mission to recover the 13 4WD vehicles buried in snow on the Old Man Range looks to have been successful.

Mainland New Zealand's largest yellow-eyed penguin colony is in "dire'' need of protection from crowds of tourists

Days after Labour and the Greens signed an agreement to work together, Little became the first Labour leader to speak at a Green Party conference.

You can see more than 30 winning entries at the World of Wearable Art and Classic Cars Museum on the outskirts of Nelson's CBD for $24 (adult).

A West Coast farm worker who fled to Australia after being charged with the rape of a young girl has today been found guilty on all charges.

Shaun Innes, 39, was jailed for almost three years after being convicted of manslaughter over the death of a man during a robbery gone wrong.

Owners were reported to be attempting to retrieve their snow-buried cars today, but no progress has been made.

Southern district police commander Superintendent made the order in a staff "advisory bulletin'' on March 7, an Official Information Act request has revealed.

Lotto's latest millionaires celebrated with takeaways when they learned they had last Saturday's winning ticket.

A fleet of ambulances and helicopters rescued seven tourists from a motor vehicle crash on the Haast Pass road, State Highway 6, about 10km north of Makarora yesterday.

Driving past the orchards, wineries and small agricultural towns of Otago brought to mind trips through California's Central Valley.

Seven people have been injured, three seriously, in a crash north of Makarora this afternoon.

Clothing hanging too close to an open fire is the likely cause of a house fire near Portobello on Monday night.

Labour's West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor won't say whether he supports the new agreement between Labour and the Greens.

Work and Income offices in Linwood, Sydenham and Hornby in Christchurch have been closed after receiving threats.

Average value of an Auckland property rose to $955,793 in the past three months - but rate of increase lagged behind rest of New Zealand.

A trial to install a security camera in a residential Christchurch suburb to deter sex workers from plying their trade has been extended.

If Ashburton Council doesn't halt sale of land with aquifer, residents will take ECan to the High Court for a judicial review.