Fire and Emergency is urging vigilance of fire danger in Canterbury and most of the upper South Island. Read...

A woman has died after being electrocuted in a South Island workplace.Police and emergency teams earlier rushed to West Coast workplace on Upper Buller Gorge Rd after being called at about 1.15pm.However, the woman died at the... Read...

A former Catholic boarding school student who was abused by senior staff says one of them was quietly moved to another school in the South Island without being punished. Patrick Cleary died in July, aged 82, before he could give... Read...

Gardeners are being warned to protect themselves against Legionnaires` disease after five people in the upper South Island were hospitalised with it this month.Nelson Marlborough Health said four were in the Tasman district and... Read...

Gardeners are being warned to protect themselves against Legionnaires` disease after five people in the upper South Island were hospitalised with it this month. Read...

MetService is warning of heavy rain and gales on the way for parts of the North Island and upper South Island. Read...

A South Canterbury school will represent the upper South Island in New Zealand Cricket’s national junior cup finals next week. Read...

Those in the upper South Island and lower North Island have been rattled by a 4.7 magnitude earthquake tonight.The 7.51pm quake struck 20 kilometres south-east of St Arnaud, a hamlet 80 kilometres south of Nelson, according to Geonet.It... Read...

Gales up to 110kmh expected for the upper North Island, and snow could fall to as low as 500 metres in deep south. Read...

Snow is expected to make driving treacherous in some parts of the country today, while high winds are forecast for the upper North Island. Read...