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Tingjun Cao, 52, pleaded not guilty to the charges in September.

Dame Lynda Topp got into fishing late in the game - on her 50th birthday - and has been hooked ever since she caught her first trout in Murchison.

The partner of Angela Blackmoore has told the High Court in Christchurch that the night she was killed was the first night she had spent without another adult in the house.

The Crown has told the court that Christchurch woman Angela Blackmoore was murdered in 1995 because an associate saw an opportunity to gain access to properties she part-owned.

The whale was given the name Te Koha, meaning the gift, and was laid to rest with mana.

Andrew Bagshaw, who was killed in Ukraine by an artillery shell, is now being recognised in both countries for his sacrifices. Audio

Bees, bugs and butterflies was the main theme at this year's Ashburton A&P Show. Audio

Marble-sized hailstones, flash flooding and thousands of lightning strikes were reported across Canterbury yesterday.

The Kaikōura District Council has had to block access to an old go-kart track because recreational users set a car on fire.

Emergency services and other organisations will be checking on the whale at first light on Sunday.

A teenager who killed another teen by punching him in the head has appealed his sentence of three years' imprisonment.

Thunderstorms accompanied by torrential rain and hail have been hitting parts of the South Island this afternoon.

Ashburton District Council operates with transparency, despite many workshops taking place behind doors closed to the public in the last financial year, its chief executive says.

Police are investigating reports of people tampering with powerlines around Christchurch.

A house fire in the Christchurch suburb of St Albans is being treated as suspicious.

He wanted to quickly get victims out of the Al Noor mosque following the 2019 terror attack, not only because of their physical injuries - but for their mental health as well.

Juliana Bonilla-Herrera did not know her neighbour was on parole for rape.

Christchurch mayor Phil Mauger has apologised profusely for the way the council handled the response to the stench caused by the Bromley wastewater treatment plant fire.