Mystery surrounds what caused a power outage that left two thirds of urban Ashburton in the dark on Tuesday night.

A youth has appeared in court this morning charged with murdering Ashburton mother Sina Solomona.

Colin Hogg finds a southern town steeped in heritage.

A top doctor is urging pregnant women not to panic about high nitrate levels in Mid Canterbury water - despite earlier spotlighting the potentially fatal health risks.

A woman who died when she was hit by a train today near Ashburton had been the subject of a police pursuit earlier this morning.

Rikiau West-Pakuria has a smile that lights up the room. But as the 3-year-old lay in an...

A 15-month-old Whangarei girl is nursing 19 stitches to her face after being bitten by her uncle's...