Arrest made after an Oamaru man was shot in the leg on Sunday.

The crash happened on State Highway 8 shortly after 5.15pm.

Police are investigating two shooting incidents on the same day in South Canterbury.

There were seven crashes, including one fatal smash, on New Zealand roads overnight.

A Christchurch cyclist has died in a riding accident on the French island of Corsica.

The Fire Service has stopped a fire from ripping through Timaru Hospital.

A dairy farm assistant ad warns of drug testing, minimum wage, and rodent visitors.

John Junior Faave appeared in the Timaru District Court this morning.

Child killer Robin Pitney failed drugs test and went on the run.

A major hydroponic cannabis growing operation, with more than 800 plants, has been found by police in South Canterbury.

Charges have been laid against a Timaru lumber yard in which a toddler died when a log fell on him last year.

Witness: "I said to my wife: 'That mooring line's not set right for this kind of wind'.''

A man has died in one of two serious truck crashes that have closed roads in Timaru and Taranaki this morning.

Offender alleged to have demanded money and assaulted a young man.

Locals were unable to save whale that repeatedly stranded on popular beach.

Bridget McMenamin worked on the Lisa Blakie murder inquiry. She has launched a Facebook page to investigate the 2000 case again.

One person has moderate to serious injuries after a car crash in rural South Canterbury this afternoon.

A man jumped from his car after he was held up and the vehicle stolen near Timaru this week.

A man convicted of beating his wife so severely that he perforated her eardrum has left New Zealand.

An elderly man was taken to hospital in a moderate condition this afternoon after a two-car crash near Timaru. The crash happened

Immigration New Zealand are set to remove a man convicted of beating his wife so severely - as she held their baby daughter - that he temporarily deafened her.

First it was creepy clowns, now people dressed as monkeys are terrorising people.

The police have called off searches for Yuri Santana, eight days after he was last seen, but his parents haven't given up hope.

There are concerns for 17-year-old Yuri Santana, who hasn't been seen for a week.

A man allegedly punched a woman in the face several times after wrestling her baby out of its stroller.

A Timaru contractor has been given the task of shepherding two Waitaki film sets to their final resting place - the landfill.

A Timaru factory has been damaged after a heating unit used for plastics moulds caught fire.

Two people have been freed after they were trapped in their vehicles in a crash at Timaru.

Heritage experts are decrying plans to demolish a prominent South Island hotel.

An application has been made to demolish a heritage Timaru building to make way for a $40 million-$42m redevelopment.