A Hornby Mall Lotto player is among nine lucky Kiwis celebrating a midweek windfall after each winning $26,887 in Wednesday night’s live Lotto draw. One of the Second Division winners also struck ...

For the first time in more than three decades, Orana Wildlife Park is celebrating the arrival of not one—but two zebra foals. The park said the new additions have brought “double the stripes and ...

A serious crash has closed Shenandoah Highway between Creighton Road and State Highway 65 in the Tasman District this morning. A police spokesperson said one person was being treated for serious ...

Fire crews were called to a house fire in Linwood this morning, after multiple calls were made to emergency services just before 9AM. Fire and Emergency Shift Manager Lynn Crosson told Chris Lynch ...

Two people have been rushed to hospital following a fire at an apartment block in Linwood this morning. Fire and Emergency were called to the scene on Hereford Street shortly before 9AM. Shift Manager ...

A 10-metre launch has sunk on its mooring at Cass Bay after heavy weather swept through the region yesterday. Environment Canterbury said there was a small amount of diesel onboard the vessel, but it ...

A Christchurch restaurant owner has been sentenced to six months’ home detention and fined a total of $30,000 for serious breaches of both food safety and immigration laws. In the first case, Liu ...

Alpine Energy has been formally warned by the Commerce Commission and ordered to repay $16.9 million to customers after an accounting error led to years of ...

Coupland’s Bakery has completely outdone themselves with their range of Hot Cross Buns. I picked up a pack of each variety—traditional, cranberry, and double chocolate—and I can honestly say I loved ...

BusinessNZ is backing planned changes to employment law, saying current rules create unnecessary confusion for new employees and impose extra compliance on businesses. Currently, businesses are ...

Wastewater workers employed by Christchurch City Council have walked off the job today, beginning a five-day strike in a dispute over a key clause in their collective agreement. The industrial action, ...

Environment Canterbury has launched an investigation into a controlled burn at Bottle Lake Forest that caused widespread disruption in Christchurch on Monday. The fire sent thick smoke into ...