Katie Todd

A Christchurch woman police say was the mastermind of a $4 million synthetic cannabis ring was yelling in court and trying to distribute flyers yesterday before her sentencing today.

Owners of about 12,000 cars with defective airbag parts will have trouble getting WoFs next year.

An increase in the number of people carving names and words into Moeraki boulders and leaving rubbish behind has prompted calls for better management of the increasingly popular site.

Simon Bridges has promised to give a controversial West Coast hydro-power scheme the green light, after the proposal was vetoed by the Minister for the Environment in August.

University of Otago's process for handling a medical school rort has been "seriously deficient", the Resident Doctors Association says, and raises concerns about the impacts on hospital wards.

Aurora Energy's proposed power price rise - about 18 percent across Otago to make up for "historic underinvestment" - has residents worried.

A Christchurch resident is distributing mischievous fake flyers to sabotage the reputation of the city's biggest high-density home builder.

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.