Stories by Katie Todd

A 33-year-old man has been arrested and charged with disorderly behaviour after a scuffle outside Christchurch's Justice Precinct this morning.

While Auckland City Council has become the latest to declare a climate emergency, four councils who have already made similar declarations are grappling with how to turn words into action.

Ten weeks on and with no funding coming in, a handful of volunteers still fill up to 40 rubbish sacks a day with waste, and are calling for government or an organation to help.

The 177-gram nugget Craig Douglas found could have fetched $25,000 as a display piece - but he almost ignored it.

Thousands of rogue rabbits are driving golfers hopping mad in a small, central Otago town.

One of New Zealand's largest recorded 'tree salvages' has been hailed a success in the aftermath of the Pigeon Valley fire.

A man who is one of the 'unruly' British tourists according to police has been sentenced for trying to leave the country on his brother's passport - and is promising to return to the UK.

Police are waiting for water levels to recede before they resume a search for a boatie missing in Fiordland National Park.

A man described by his grandfather as a dangerous white supremacist will remain in jail after two appearances in Christchurch District Court today.

Chinese-owned Cloud Ocean Water has been fined $750 and served two abatement notices after the Canterbury Regional Council discovered plastic beads on land surrounding its site and waste and wash…

After a roadside birth on Sunday morning near Lumsden - where maternity facilities were downsized recently - Southern District Health Board says it is "important for mothers and midwives to plan well…

Media were welcomed inside Christchurch Hospital's new $483 million Acute Services Building yesterday, for a glimpse inside the country's largest and most expensive hospital project to date.

Hundreds of people in four of the main centres are sharing stories about the damage racist views have on their lives. Video

A $100,000 reward has been announced for information about the murder of a 21-year-old woman in Christchurch in 1995 - the most the police have ever offered for such information.

Canterbury Regional Council became the first in the country to declare a climate emergency today, but neither councillors nor the activists behind the declaration can say whether it will lead to any…

Shock and anger is rippling through the rural Canterbury community after at least 40 graveyard plaques were stolen, desecrated and offered for sale as scrap metal.

Environmental lobby group Extinction Rebellion wants Christchurch councils to vote to declare a climate emergency.

Central Christchurch hospitality operators fear they could be heading into the toughest winter to date.

Timaima Tuilawa was sentenced to community work for failing to stop and check if anyone was injured, but wasn't held criminally responsible for the accident itself.

A 23-year-old man has been jailed for nine months, after his arrest during a spate of synthetic cannabis hospital admissions in Christchurch last year.

Muslim volunteers are hand-delivering gifts to Christchurch groups and organisations that helped in the wake of the mosque attacks.

A 33-year-old man remains in custody after suspected explosives were found at a house in the Christchurch suburb of Phillipstown yesterday.

Rumours of a South Island black panther have resurfaced after a sighting on Friday night.

Despite rosy spending statistics, West Coast tourism operators are still on shaky ground after last month's floods, they say.

Zero tolerance for white supremacists isn't the approach New Zealanders should be taking, says a US-based organisation helping people exit white supremacy groups.