A passenger has described the dramatic scenes when a bomb threat was made against a plane from Palmerston North to Christchurch this afternoon.

A fault that has cut power to more than 1600 properties in Lyttelton might not be fixed until tonight.

A person is trapped after a three-car crash in Christchurch.

A man who led police on a dangerous 50km rampage through roadblocks, road works, a golf course and private houses has been jailed for three years.

Christchurch police are being investigated for pouring hundreds of litres of booze into a drain.

Artist has collected his favourite coffee cups from cafes around the world - and now he's sharing his collection.

Relief could be on the way.

Fifteen-year-old John did what he says he has done many times before. He broke into a car and stole it. He explains why.

From next year, all Selwyn House School pupils from the pre-school to Year 8 will be taught mechatronics.

Exhumation is a "very difficult and very unpleasant" process that is deeply upsetting for family members, the trial into whether the body of Jamie Pooley should be dug up has heard.

There were plenty of celebrations on this side of the Tasman for the 156th Melbourne Cup.

A Christchurch man doesn't want to lay charges after being shot in the eye when he told a gunman "you may as well shoot me".

Digging up the body of a young Christchurch father five years after his death would be a "significant breach" of Maori custom, a court

A Kiwi flight attendant has been injured after a severe bout of turbulence on an Air New Zealand plane.

The teenage son of a Christchurch man at the centre of a five-year exhumation row today made an emotional plea in court to say, 'Please leave my Dad in the ground'.

A man's been admitted to Christchurch Hospital with a gunshot wound.

Digging up a young Christchurch father five years after he died would be "really unpleasant" and "devastating" for his whanau, a court

Jake Bailey inspired the world with an inspirational speech to schoolmates after being diagnosed with cancer. Now, he has signed a book deal.

Two families fighting over whether a young father's body should be exhumed so that he can be cremated have rejected a judge's offer to settle behind closed doors.

A man has been arrested after allegedly threatening staff with a suspicious bag in Christchurch this evening.

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The incident in January was investigated, but in September police said no charges would be laid against the officers as there was "insufficient evidence".

An anonymous driver has added insult to injury by denting a Christchurch paramedic's car, then leaving her a note calling her car a "piece of s***".

Meridian chief executive Mark Binns says he wants to see the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter stay, "but not at any cost".

A group of Scott Watson supporters today began a series of marches to highlight their case that he is wrongly imprisoned for the Marlborough Sounds murders.

A group of Kiwi police officers have been filmed performing a Bollywood-inspired dance as part of the Diwali Festival in Christchurch.

A senior Christchurch Boys High student spotted running through two girls schools wearing a Nazi slogan on his chest has fronted.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has launched a probe into the police handling of alleged illegal hunting by off-duty officers

The boss of the design firm boss behind the CTV Building, which collapsed in Christchurch's February 2011 earthquake killing 115 people

Jonty Payne, who suffers from a birth defect, had about 40 guests to play with at his party yesterday in Christchurch.