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People were preparing to evacuate after warning started blaring from sirens.
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$200m retirement village, luxury hotel gets green light near Arrowtown
'Do you want to live in a multi-level retirement apartment in the middle of a paddock?'
Kiwi sports star charged with stealing car keeps name suppression
He is accused of wilful damage and taking a $10,000 car but has name suppression.
New radio network will help with multi-agency communication, terror attack inquest finds
Poor communication between police and paramedics has emerged as a key issue.
Timaru crash: Emergency services rush to the scene
Emergency services were called to the scene just after 1pm.
CTV building collapse: Disciplinary committee retires to consider design complaint
The man's company designed the building that collapsed in the Christchurch earthquakes.
Bread, circus and a 1000m blow-up tent: Christchurch Buskers Festival returns
The city has blown out the big top with new venues and a 1000m2 inflatable hall.
'Humbled': Students behind viral Stairway to Heaven cover blown away
School's rock rendition blows up online.
St John’s queried over significant blind spot with specialist paramedics
No one from St John attended the Al Noor scene in a SERT capacity.
Man who designed collapsed CTV building claims 'extreme prejudice'
The retired engineer's lawyer said the complaint was '"factually incorrect".
Is star witness a framing 'psychopath' or truthful about pair accused of murder, Crown asks
Angela Blackmoore was found murdered in her home 28 years ago.
Firefighters battling large blaze in central Christchurch
Four fire appliances are attending the scene.
Watch: Students go viral for powerful Stairway to Heaven cover
Epic end-of-year prizegiving performance goes off online.
Man who designed collapsed CTV building told he did not take accountability
Alan Reay said complaint against him over the CTV building collapse took a 'heavy toll'.
Privacy Commissioner asks police to pause future use of controversial DNA tool
Police are trialling the tool on two of the country's most high-profile cases.
Two critically injured following Christchurch motorbike crash
The two people were hospitalised following the crash on Saturday.
'Inhumane': Christchurch man filmed young man dying from MDMA overdose
The man was filmed thrashing around in the shower in distress as the drug took effect.
Three Kiwi women with 'invisible illness' die in three months
Change 'urgently needed' to help those with it EDS 'lead the lives that they deserve'.
'Totally unfair': Retirement village resident decries $285,000 transfer fee
Consumer NZ says such fees are unfair and mean people often can't shift.
St John were ill-equipped to deal with mosque shootings — expert
'You don't learn to dance on the night of the ball,' says a counter-terrorism expert.
Remembering Shane MacGowan: How The Pogues turned on singer after NZ gig
The fallen Irish music legend had wild times on and off the stage in NZ.
Intellectually disabled man with a history of violent and sexual offending given temporary accommodation
The man was homeless after doors closed on him.
Frontline police should be trained to go to sound of gunfire - counter-terrorism expert
Training first responders could help them deal with situations like the mosque attack.
Christchurch is the capital of cool and here's why
Watch out New Zealand, The Garden City's bringing out the big guns.
Hamilton becomes first NZ airport with own solar farm
The 5000sqm operation was switched on earlier this month.
Emergency response like trying to put together 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle, terror inquest finds
"We tried our very best to pick each piece up and put it where it should go."
Aerial cable cars: Is this the fast, affordable transport solution Auckland is waiting for?
Company behind some of our ski lifts wants to help keep people moving in main centres.
Mosque attack incident controller unaware of St John’s safety concerns
Had the first responders known it was safe, they would have moved forward quickly.
Operation Inca: 17-month police investigation ends with charges dropped
The accused are looking for answers and compensation after the failed race fixing probe.
Christchurch Men’s Prison inmate dies, sparking internal investigation
Corrections say there's no indication the man's death is suspicious.
‘Clean slate’ for Devast8: Judge tells infamous tattooed offender to quit crime
Notorious offender with Devast8 facial tattoo back in court after violent offending.
Police respond to report of disorder at rural property in Canterbury
Police say they're attempting to engage with the occupants of the property.
Intellectually disabled man with a history of violent and sexual offending left homeless
The man’s lawyer says the longer he’s homeless the greater the chances he reoffends.