Canterbury

The incident involved a female student being recorded as she was being assaulted by another girl at the school.

Police are seeking the public's help to find an 80-year-old woman missing from a Canterbury town since Wednesday.

Two patched Mongol gang members have been arrested and charged with blackmailing in Christchurch.

Staff at the Christchurch City Mission say they are surprised to see people redirecting their cost of living payments to the charity.

Ngāi Tahu will get guaranteed representation and decision-making powers on Canterbury's regional council Ecan.

Some residents who are enduring the stench from Bromley's wastewater plant want the Christchurch City Council to pay for paint discolouration which is affecting their properties.

Wind is causing havoc across the central South Island, downing trees and closing roads and ski fields.

A group of Christchurch mosque attack survivors and their families have returned home from a pilgrimage to Mecca, known as the Hajj.

Coastguard says the family of four whose boat became stuck on the Kaikōura coast over the weekend rescued themselves.

Locals and rescue teams have been working to protect marine life since the 40-foot boat ran aground overnight.

Two people are in hospital in critical condition after separate early-morning assaults in Wellington and Christchurch today.

An early warning evacuation system set up in the Timaru district settlement of Mills Road Huts is being described as a team effort.

A coroner believes a man killed when he was struck by a car on a Christchurch road in 2017 may have collapsed moments before.

It is hoped a wastewater mains renewal programme will reduce sewage overflows into rivers and roads in Christchurch.

One person has been flown to hospital and is in a critical condition following a crash involving a bus and a car in north Canterbury this afternoon.

Leaders are calling for more urgent action to mitigate increasing flood risk in Christchurch, as locals clean up from a storm which tipped Canterbury into the wettest July on record.

Floodwaters stubbornly remain in some parts of Christchurch and Banks Peninsula, turning backyards into lakes and sending rubbish bins drifting past front fences.

After 10 years of making do with a broken school Banks Avenue Primary students in Christchurch have finally moved into shiny new digs.

A band of rain between Monday night and Tuesday night plunged Canterbury into the wettest July on record, with a third of the annual rain falling in a month. Audio