Canterbury

Four-wheel drive enthusiasts and environmentalists will need to work together to protect birds nesting along the river.

Millennium and Copthorne Hotels is returning for the first time since the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes.

A fire that broke out at the Tekapo Military Training Area now covers 200 hectares.

"There's nothing for our kids and teenagers in this town."

Chinese national Tingjun Cao is on trial in the High Court in Christchurch for the murder of the real estate agent in 2023.

Successive governments' attitude to gun control allowed the gunman to get military-style weapons, the inquest has been told.

Two long-running Otago University birth cohort studies have had their own longevity assured with a government grant.

Chinese national Tingjun Cao was arrested days after Yanfei Bao's disappearance and later charged with her murder. Audio

The fire at the century-old hospital site took more than four hours to put out.

Hundreds of people have found themselves out of work today, after Alliance announced the closing of the country's oldest meatworks.

It is the third workplace incident in the city in just three weeks.

South Canterbury man Ray Bowman did not muck around when he learned that he - like hundreds others at Smithfield - was facing probable redundancy.

"Criminals will be suspicious of outsiders, particularly those who cannot be easily verified by trusted colleagues," Dr Jarrod Gilbert said.

Uber and the Red Cross will pick up donated clothes at no charge across Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

Two people were taken to a hospital, one in a serious condition.

A new operating theatre at Christchurch's Forté Hospital will increase surgical capacity, as the health sector struggles to meet increasing demand.

Pregnant staff in Christchurch Hospital's radiology team have been offered advice after inhaling toxic fumes from a construction site.

Many of the councillors around the table expressed their regret at Peter Scott's resignation after a string of controversies.

North Canterbury principals have responded to comments from Associate Education Minister David Seymour suggesting schools will no longer be allowed to hold teacher-only days during the school term.

Christchurch police are investigating a workplace death in the suburb of Hornby.