Canterbury crash: Eight people in car, seven injured, teen fights for life
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Let the light in: Winter solstice sets us on path to brighter days
It's our shortest day - so how much extra daylight can we expect tomorrow?
Weather: Heavy rainfall and snow in the south
A number of heavy rain watches are in place around the country.
Man suffers serious burns after explosion in North Canterbury
Emergency services were called to Coopers Creek in Oxford just before 4pm.
Free public transport during Covid-19 cost $110 million
Councils appeal for even more money with lower patronage expected for months to come.
Covid 19: Supermarket cougher gets 16 months' jail
Raymond Coombs filmed himself coughing on shoppers during lockdown.
Mosque terrorist 'should never been granted gun licence'
Sorrces say he was unable to supply proper referees.
PM v Rob Fyfe - 'Remiss of me' not to thank ex-Air NZ boss; 'job's not done yet'
'Perhaps he thought he was exiting and I didn't' - Jacinda Ardern
Coldest June morning in five years: Otago town shivers at -12.3C
Middlemarch has registered New Zealand's coldest June temperature since 2015.
For 76 days, our world changed. This is how we got through
It could've been a "dark and bleak time", but Kiwis found a way through, academic says.
Your weather: Brrrrr, cold start but fine skies set for rugby
Much of the Central North Island and South Island woke to frosts this morning.
Christchurch pensioner missing after shopping trip has been found
Frances Bridgetta Kersey was due home at midday Wednesday.
Third school's students complain over Black Lives Matter poster removal
Two Christchurch Girls' High School students say their posters were removed by staff.
Mosque attack survivor's remarkable story: How tragedy put anger into perspective
Just days after a dodgy roofer scammed him of $8000, Nathan Smith survived the shootings
Police search for missing 14-year-old
She has been missing from her family home in Dallington since June 5.
'You didn't care who you killed': Cold-case killer gets life in prison
Jeremy Powell held a chilling secret for 25 years.
Cold case murder: How did a 'kind, caring' son become a killer?
Parents wonder how son kept dark secret for 24 years.
Bully Hayes backdown: Restaurant agrees to dump slave trader name
'We've now had a chance to reflect and we think that the time is right for a change.'
Teen jewel thieves nabbed
They stole thousands of dollars' worth of diamond rings, pendants and gold chains.
On the run: Convicted killer stabbed friend 50 times, dumped body down a bank
A warrant is out for the 46-year-old's arrest
A new covered NZ sports stadium: Who gets a slice of the $473m?
The work on the 25,000-seat stadium starts next year.
Roads closed, drivers badly hurt in multiple crashes this morning
One of the crashes left a man with life-threatening injuries.
'Avoid travel': Black ice warnings as snow, severe frosts hit South
Parts of the South Island are "in the freezer".
Brrrr...! Heavy snow closes roads as wintry blast moves up country
There is snow down to 400m in places of the South Island, what's in store for the north?
Man denies murdering Christchurch woman on New Year's Eve
Bella Te Pania, 33, was found in car near Christchurch Airport on New Year's Eve.
Left out in the cold: The pensioners who won't get winter payment
While others will have double the extra winter money, some are left with nothing.
Teen who stabbed girl with broken bottle at party escapes conviction
A Chch teen escaped a conviction after stabbing a 17-year-old girl with a broken bottle.
Serious accident: Traffic queues for 9km near Christchurch
Traffic is backed up for 9km after an accident at Templeton in Canterbury.
Former All Black, Oscar winner in Queen's Birthday Honours list
We have five new dames and knights today, New Zealand.
Covid-19 latest: Testing centres closing, no new cases as elimination looms
Kiwis are out and about, with only one remaining active case in the country.
NZ's own Tiger King: The weird and wonderful suburban backyard zoo
"It was a mix of the horrifying and enchanting".
$60m boost to help protect 170 librarian jobs, provide free internet at libraries
The major funding package, part of Budget 2020, was announced today