Canterbury

The 79-year-old, who suffered from dementia, walked out of the Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village.

Elisabeth 'Lis' Nicholls suffered from dementia and disappeared, after walking out of the Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village on 4 June.

The 79-year-old was last seen at the Chateau after disappearing from the Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village.

There was no fire on board the Boeing 737, when it began billowing smoke from its undercarriage.

The woman was found with critical injuries in a Riccarton car park and died on the way to hospital. Audio

Police say a body has been found in a car park in the Christchurch suburb of Riccarton.

Elisabeth Nicholls, who suffers from dementia, disappeared after walking out of a Riccarton retirement village two weeks ago.

Part of the Christchurch City Council building will remain closed for months after an engineering report showed it was an earthquake risk.

Students were sent home at about 10am due to a lack of heating, lighting and internet, the school said.

The annual count, which is run by the The Kaikōura Ocean Research Institute, tracks whales as they swim past the Kaikōura coastline.

A Lyttelton man who lives on the street where a large fire broke out said he was shocked by its scale.

It was supposed to open on Friday, but morning rainfall caused the snowpack to become unstable.

Two homes were badly damaged in a fire that broke out late Friday afternoon in Brittan Terrace.

Residents in Lyttelton near Christchurch had to be evacuated after a large fire broke out in the township.

About 14,000 litres of diesel leached into the ground at the prison in May after the hatch of a fuel tank was left open.

Mt Hutt was supposed to open its doors for ski season on Friday, but rainfall warmed the snowpack and caused it to become unstable.

Fire crews are working with a geotechnical engineer to assess the situation. Audio

Tingjun Cao was found guilty following a seven-week High Court trial. Audio

Christchurch City Council is currently hearing from locals, businesses and organisations on their local alcohol policy (LAP) draft.