Festive wear, family and a few toys on the agenda for fab four's first Christmas.

Police have now also charged the woman with causing loss by deception.

'Anyone making false reports in matters like this will be held to account,' police said.

Forest & Bird is calling for the Timaru District Council to change the speed limit.

The road is closed and diversions are being put in place.

Stunning photo shows the quads, the first set in New Zealand since 1990s.

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission has opened an inquiry into the death.

Grant Straker's staff couldn't afford Auckland houses — so he opened a Gisborne office.

Broadcaster kept you out of a jam for much of his career.

Details have emerged about why the man jailed for murdering Lisa Blakie was denied parole.

Schools are competing for a handful of teacher trainees qualified to teach te reo Māori.

The man jailed for murdering Timaru woman Lisa Blakie has been denied parole - again.

Two games decided by last minute kicks and five teams win on the road.

Team cannot undermine their chances with mounting penalty counts.

A man driving a vehicle, approached the child and spoke to him briefly.

Two vehicles collided near the intersection of Le Cren St and Church St this morning.

Patient was easily manipulated and offending spanned eight years.

The 37-year-old suffered serious head injuries in the crash.

A woman riding a bike in Timaru suffered serious head injuries following an accident.

Jump in second-half domestic enrolments relieves financially strapped polytechnics.

Dictatorial health service short on compassion - deputy commissioner.

Some PKE was unloaded in Timaru before the contaminated shipment came to Northport

First car driver to die in New Zealand was a South Canterbury farmer's wife in 1906.

Protesters had shut down work at the site of a proposed dairy farm extension.

On Jayden Alexander's 25th birthday he was found guilty of murdering his brother.

The crash in Timaru, South Canterbury also knocked out power to hundreds of homes.

Victim did not have the ability to give informed consent to sexual acts.

One person has died following a crash on SH 8 between Pleasant Point and Timaru.

Uini Atonio promises a tough game against the All Blacks.

Five people have died in crashes on roads around the country so far this weekend.