A person is dead and another seriously injured after a crash in south Canterbury this afternoon.

Geoffrey Lang's first sighting of a 33m cement storage tank in front of his house was also the first time he heard his wife swear.

Members of a family injured in a crash which killed a young girl on Friday night remain in hospital.

A man injured in a serious crash between a car and a truck in South Canterbury this afternoon has died in an ambulance on the way to hospital.

A fire burning in a Timaru building which sparked evacuations this morning appears to have burnt itself out.

A woman died from hypothermia after falling from a cliff and landing on rocks, the coroner has found.

Civil Aviation Authority investigators have yet to find an obvious cause of a fatal microlight accident which killed two people in Timaru on Friday.

A man's body has been found at the port in Timaru today.

Two good Samaritans buzzed into the Auckland Zoo carpark on a Vespa at the weekend, randomly handing out Christmas cards containing $100 apiece.

Friends and family of an 18-year-old high school student who died after a party are devastated and in disbelief.

"Another kick in the teeth for the family", is how the father of teenager William Lewis has described a parole hearing for his son's killer.

One person is dead after their car crashed into a parked vehicle on a rural road near Timaru today.

The death of a Timaru man who fatally stabbed himself when arguing with his partner has been ruled a suicide.

A witness who prosecutors wanted to give evidence on the most serious charge faced by three South Canterbury Finance principals cannot be called.

A commercial fisherman who drowned off the coast of Timaru was likely thrown into the water when his boat capsized in rising winds, a coroner has ruled.

Fire investigators are looking into the causes of fires in Timaru and Christchurch overnight.

A 62-year-old job seeker who is accusing an energy firm of age discrimination has won a legal battle to view the CVs of the people who beat him to the job.

A speeding driver clocked at 207 km/h near Timaru has been made to sell his car by his angry parents.

A waterfront dispute has broken out between two of New Zealand's biggest ports, arguing about who is the best.

A policeman's speed gun went into overdrive as a driver was clocked at 207km/h just north of Timaru.

Police in North Otago are "desperately" seeking witnesses to help shed light on how a man was left paralysed for life after becoming tangled in a boating rope.

Life is never dull on the road with Grant the Cook, writes Jason Burgess.