She came to New Zealand to recover from depression brought on by her partner's death in a motorcycle crash.

A tourist driver who ran a stop sign, causing a crash that killed her father, was recovering from depression caused by her partner's death in a motorbike crash.

The father of a girl killed in a crash caused by a Dutch businessman says safety messages are not getting through to tourist drivers.

Building height restrictions and NIMBY attitudes in inner Auckland are standing in the way of an response to Auckland's housing shortage, the Reserve Bank governor says.

A Taiwanese tourist killed in a crash in Canterbury last week has been named.

Two people have been arrested in Canterbury overnight following a string of aggravated robberies during which shots were fired at police.

Dave Grohl, frontman for US rockers Foo Fighters, is a man who likes surprises - and he's just sprung one on his band's Kiwi fans.

Global insurance giant Lloyd's has paid out $4.2 billion for the Canterbury earthquakes, expects to pay a further $1.6 billion and remains committed to New Zealand.

New Zealand's dual insurance system has been deemed inefficient by a leading insurance company, following the Canterbury earthquakes.

Four years on, private insurers say they have settled 57 per cent of residential insurance claims over the Earthquake Commission’s $100,000 “cap”.

A number of people were evicted from the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 opening match at North Hagley Park in Christchurch yesterday for courtsiding.

This southern town's alpine landscape keeps Elisabeth Easther busy and enthralled.

A medium-adverse drought event will be declared and a Government assistance package announced in the South Island today.

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has today rejected an application for a major seabed mining operation proposed off the coast of Canterbury.

Police divers searching for a woman who did not surface from a crayfish dive at the weekend have found a body.

"It's a little unusual to say the least." A teen's been left "shaken" after he disturbed an armed intruder trying to set fire to a couch in his Fairlie home.

Hundreds of firefighters are battling large scrub blazes as dry weather has created tinderbox conditions across the country, the Fire Service says. Blazes in Canterbury, Marlborough and Manawatu are keeping about 330 firefighters busy.