Parole postponed for axe-murdererer
Anthony Phillip Hitchcock continues to demonstrate aggressive and hostile behaviour, the Parole Board says.
Anthony Phillip Hitchcock continues to demonstrate aggressive and hostile behaviour, the Parole Board says.
Photographs taken inside Westland High School show the devastating extent of the damage after the fire on Monday.
The death of an accomplished musician who was struck by a train while cycling this morning has shaken Christchurch's music community.
The horror death of a cyclist who was hit by a train this morning was witnessed by Christchurch school pupils.
Environment Canterbury is standing by its decision not to fine or prosecute Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias and her businessman husband Hugh Fletcher after photos emerged of their cattle drinking out of a North Canterbury lake.
Punakaiki residents say they want to be told if chlorine is added to their drinking-water supply.
A driver had a lucky escape after his truck caused power lines to come down, cutting electricity to customers in Mosgiel, near Dunedin, this morning.
A top Kiwi sailor who died in a gliding accident in Canterbury was once offered a place in Team New Zealand's crew.
Police have named the 'well-respected' glider pilot who died in a crash over the weekend.
Police and fire crews are at the scene of what is believed to be a body in a burning car in Marlborough this morning.
Police are searching for two men who assaulted a woman in Dunedin early this morning.
The newly appointed vice-chancellor at Canterbury's Lincoln University says he wanted to find out more about the tertiary institution before he took on the job.
One of the trapped passengers said although there were windows, it was "really, really hot" in her cabin which stopped over the road.
A rescue helicopter has saved two tourists who were swept out to sea while swimming a Wharariki Beach near Farewell Spit this afternoon.
The man who is behind bars for the murder of Timaru woman Lisa Blaikie has been denied parole.
Sizzling temperatures -- unofficially reaching 43C in inland areas -- have people questioning the accuracy of the cool and wet El Nino forecasts.
A tourist driver's failure to give way is the likely cause of a crash at an Oamaru intersection today, police say.
A popular Christchurch cafe has sparked strong debate following its decision to stop serving trim milk.
A man has died after a mountain bike crash on the Ben Lomond Track above Queenstown.
Police are investigating the death of a two-year-old child in Mid Canterbury.
A new outpatient facility will be completed in 2018 and is to be located directly opposite Christchurch Hospital.
An 11-year-old girl is being hunted by police in connection to a string of burglaries in Invercargill.
Police in Christchurch have begun an investigation after a woman reported being sexually assaulted at a local park last month.
A climber has died on Mt Rolleston in the South Island after falling 50m down a sheer rockface.
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says Labour's new no-fees policy will take from the poor to give to those studying for lucrative jobs.
A Dunedin woman says she had better food growing up in a Nazi-occupied country than the "disgusting'' meals on wheels trucked from Auckland and Tauranga.
Big job losses in the "depressed" Buller economy have been blamed for a glut of hundreds of properties currently for sale in Westport and surrounding areas.
Four people suffered minor injuries after a crash at Gibbston near Queenstown this morning.