Canterbury

The technology will be installed in McHughs Forest Park in Darfield as part of a trial.

The plans would create a wildlife refuge and naturalised wetland areas on earthquake damaged red-zone land.

Christchurch Airport's renewable energy precinct is closer to fruition.

Businesses were evacuated as Christchurch police investigated reports of a suspicious package.

A crowd packed the Rangiora Town Hall to listen to Christopher Luxon - it was not a lovefest with the party faithful, however.

The company plans to scale up manufacturing with a new purpose-built facility in Christchurch to meet growing demand for its end-to-end hydrogen systems.

Five young people broke out and onto the roof of a youth justice facility in Christchurch last night.

The completion date for Ashburton's new $56.75 million library and civic building has been pushed back again, and it could now open about a year after initially planned.

The death of a young New Zealander caught in an avalanche in Austria has left his school's community shocked and in a daze.

Emergency services are responding to an incident tonight at a youth justice facility in Christchurch.

Several motorcyclists, possibly gang members, have been injured in a fiery crash in South Canterbury this afternoon.

The organisation is so chock-full of animals it is halving the fees for the next two weeks to make some space.

A shocked neighbour had concerns about a man living in the Christchurch house where a person died on Saturday night and had previously tried to get him help.

Court records showed last year Hyung Sun Kim was suing for $19m over the blighted office block.

A patient who was in Christchurch Hospital's emergency department last night when the power cut out, says she was told the heat of the day had affected systems.

Superintendent John Price, the Canterbury District Commander, is to retire in March after 36 years with New Zealand Police.

The Parole Board chair believes incorrect information from Corrections prevented a convicted rapist, who murdered his neighbour while on parole, from being placed in a rehabilitation centre.

A 17-year-old male charged with attacking a girl near a Christchurch park has pleaded guilty.

A coroner has ruled the death of a child found unresponsive in a front-loader washing machine as an accident.

An 18-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing a Christchurch dog walker has pleaded not guilty to murder.