Christchurch residents woke to a freezing morning without power after an unplanned outage struck parts of the city. The outage, which began at 4.53am on Monday, affected 292 properties across Belfast, ...

Lyttelton Road Tunnel has been closed following a crash this evening. A police spokesperson said emergency services were alerted to the three-vehicle crash on SH74/Tunnel Road at around 5.35pm. There ...

Part of State Highway 7 in the central South Island that includes Lewis Pass remains closed today after a slip on the road. The slip, just south of the Riordan Creek Bridge, was discovered early this ...

Christchurch Police have blocked off part of the central city this morning following an incident on Lichfield Street. Witnesses said officers were seen blocking the section between Colombo Street and ...

The Interislander ferry Aratere suffered a breakdown on Wednesday evening shortly after departing Picton, forcing the cancellation of multiple sailings. A KiwiRail spokesperson told ...

Christchurch Police have carried out a targeted search for missing 79-year-old Elisabeth “Lis” Nicholls, whose last confirmed sighting was nearly two weeks ago. Detective Sergeant Brent Menzies said ...

Air India has confirmed that one of its international flights was involved in an accident shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad. Flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 aircraft bound for London Gatwick, ...

Apart from opening night, there is never a more vulnerable time in a performer’s process than during the slog of rehearsals, and that’s exactly when I decided it was a good idea to visit the National ...

A Christchurch man has delivered an emotional plea to city councillors, urging them to tighten local alcohol rules and protect families from what he calls a poison that is tearing communities apart.

A pedestrian has been seriously injured following a crash on State Highway 8 near Roxburgh. Emergency services were called to the scene on Fruitlands – Roxburgh Road. A police spokesperson told said ...

A person has died after being hit by a car on State Highway 8 in Roxburgh last night. Emergency services were called to the crash, between Tamblyn Road and Selkirk Place, about 7.20pm. The person was ...

1pm: Several key South Island highways have now reopened following heavy snowfall, but road crews remain active in the region. An NZTA spokesperson said State Highway 73 from Otira to Springfield, ...