Christchurch is expected to warm up each day this week.

Nephew says John Edward Toogood, 71, loved to fish and whitebait.

Damaged service grave repaired, new headstone installed.

Police were called to a Grace St address at 4.15pm yesterday after woman's body was found.

Two pairs of birds at a Southland sanctuary raise hopes of boosting numbers.

Dale Watene's body was found by police in May, about a month after he went missing.

'A number of rivers have started rising so we have activated the flood warning.'

Temperatures will be up to 12C above average in places - but don't get too comfortable.

The new 40-bed Mintaro Hut was originally estimated to cost $1.8 million.

Up to 20 seats could change hands tonight, most - but not all - to Labour.

Car and concrete truck collide near Otautau, leaving one person critical, truck toppled.

Voters can expect mostly fine weather in North Island; umbrellas, coats needed in South.

Letters written by the Southland Chamber of Commerce compound sense of chaos at council.

Nineteen-year-old who died suddenly remembered for her 'happy-go-lucky' spirit.

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The airline's newest route has had a turbulent first year.

Shadbolt is able to make the appointment single-handedly under a 2012 law change.

Full list: Which schools will get free school lunches?

In a judgmental society, you get to decide what affects you, finalist says.

Bailley Unahi's back was broken in 2016 at a Six60 concert. Now she is flying.

Toni Biddle's resignation comes amid a Government probe into the council.

Farmers stage protest at the Gore A&P Showgrounds.

Icy winds will round out the month, with some in the South Island in for a freezing night.

Heaviest snowfalls in years blanket Otago and Southland for start of school holidays.

'In places with snow and forecasted southwesterlies it will get pretty heinous.'

Ardern's travel plans have been thrown into disarray.

A rapidly deepening low has hit with heavy rain, gales, snow - and cold temperatures.

Authorities are taking no chances with Auckland Harbour Bridge as gales threaten.

Snow and cold winds will make travelling difficult and stress livestock.