Canterbury

Three people have died after a truck and car collided in the Waimakariri District in Canterbury.

A large blaze at a forestry block north of Christchurch is being fought by 24 fire crews.

An oink here, a baa baa there, that's the Canty show this year as some competitiors take to the grounds with no spectators due to Covid-19.

He will next appear in the High Court on 26 November, along with a 32-year-old man also charged with murder and three others charged with accessory after the fact to murder.

A 43-year-old man has been charged with murder over Connor Whitehead's death. He's the fifth person to be charged in relation to the shooting, and the second person to face a murder charge.

The biggest party of the year in Christchurch went ahead on Tuesday, despite a ban on spectators at Addington Raceway.

Caine Tauwhare along with students from his carving school Whakaraupō Carving Centre Trust, carved the pou and gifted it in 2012 to help grow the presence of tāonga across the Banks Peninsula region.

An investigation has cleared an Ashburton College teacher of bullying allegations, but it has shocked a parent who withdrew her child from the school.

Frustrations are growing over the deliberate destruction of a Māori carving in the Rāpaki area near Christchurch.

Police are carrying out a search warrant at an address in Christchurch following the death of a 16-year-old who was fatally shot in the suburb of Casebrook on Friday night.

Neighbours who were at the scene of a deadly shooting in Christchurch say there was a party, and they heard shouting and swearing after the gun shots.

A person has died after a vehicle hit a pedestrian at Rakaia 60km south of Christchurch this morning.

A derelict building in Christchurch caught fire for the second time in three years this morning - forcing some to evacuate their homes.

The entire base will be built at Timaru's port over a six-year period and will then shipped to Antarctica in eight modules on a massive ship.

Residents were evacuated and roads cordoned off after a major fire in the abandoned Antonio Hall. The blaze is being treated as suspicious.

Nine people have been charged with drug and firearm offences after police executed 10 search warrants in Timaru over the past three days.

Christchurch City Council says it is confident it can still do a "pretty good job" of treating sewage at the plant.

A major fire broke out at the Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant on Monday afternoon.