Stories by Katie Todd

One of New Zealand's largest A&P shows, now known as the New Zealand Agricultural Show, got underway today in Christchurch.

The two climbers who fell to their deaths in the Remarkables yesterday were Australians visiting this country. Audio

A five-year-old autistic boy grew up in a household known to police for drug crimes and violence, and turned up to hospital at least twice with injuries before his death in Christchurch in 2015.

Two statues taken from the Carmelite Monastery in Auckland yesterday have been found.

A specialised DOC ranger is in action in Canterbury, hunting possums that have learnt a new trick - how to climb concrete power poles. Video

Criticism about unprofessional counselling and lengthy wait-lists has prompted the University of Canterbury to consider changes to its Health Centre.

Dozens of people campaigning against plastic waste are sending their rubbish to MPs' post-boxes.

Researchers say the government has a golden opportunity to nip the country's wilding pine problem in the bud, before it costs the economy billions more.

Kaikōura conservationists are reeling after almost all the banded dotterel chicks in the South Bay colony were killed by cats.

The grandaughter of missing Orewa man Mike McClennan says he's a "kind, social, Kiwi legend who would stop to chat with anyone".

About 15 percent of visitors are still entering the country without the Electronic Travel Authority that became "obligatory" on 1 October.

Seven-thousand drivers are petitioning the Transport Agency to scrap lower speed limits on State Highway 6 from Nelson to Blenheim, where 20 people have died in a decade.

The new Canterbury Regional Council is set to have a 50-50 gender balance, a younger average age, and people from backgrounds including law, science, farming, insurance and landscape architecture.

Lianne Dalziel says she's grateful for Christchurch's "strong endorsement" of her leadership, after securing a third term wearing the mayoral chains.

About 35 protesters gathered outside the 2019 Petroleum New Zealand Conference in Queenstown today, demanding a stop to fossil fuel expansion.

Christchurch developers hope to win over shoppers and diners with an experience that's the "opposite of the malls", focusing on local fare and sustainability.

Animal welfare activists say there's been little improvement, one year since Greyhound Racing New Zealand admitted there'd been 353 dogs that were euthanised in the 2017/18 season.

Campus Living Villages and the University of Canterbury have fronted media, three days after discovering the death of a student on their watch.

A farmer is lobbying for better protection of the Selwyn riverbed, after plucking more than 400 kilograms of rubbish from it in a few hours.

The Student Volunteer Army will be planting flax along the Fox River, cleaning beaches, repairing tracks, cleaning a community centre - and more.

People are being asked to keep an eye on the sky for the country's favourite chunky wood pigeon after the sixth annual Great Kererū Count got underway on Friday.

Video - After a chance meeting in a DOC hut, four young Cantabrians are flying to Tanzania to climb Mt Kilimanjaro and paraglide off the peak. Video

A street artist whose Auckland mosque attack tribute struck a chord with the public has just completed a second piece on a prominent Christchurch corner.

Tiny house owners are asking how the MBIE can obtain an exemption to the building code so its emergency residential units can have wheels, yet they must go through the full consent process.