MPI has admitted it's unsure how long it will take to remove infected oysters.

"Huge" decontamination operation begins today.

Canterbury already has the second-fastest growing Maori population in the country.

Video shows wooden pallets and a pair of spectacles were not burned after the explosion.

An Alpine Fault earthquake could cut the West Coast from the main grid for many weeks.

Northern areas could be hammered by heavy rain next week, while the south could get snow.

Police have cordoned off a part of central Dunedin and evacuated businesses.

A young girl fought off a man who tried to abduct her in a hotel carpark in Christchurch.

Mother of man who took his own life angered by apology for shortcomings in his care.

The tempest is over and now the country enjoys a spell of fine weather.

Man admits charges after ordering his dog to savagely attack publican in West Coast bar

COMMENT: The Cathedral has been left to rot for the past six years, six years too long.

An explosion that killed a person was so violent if shook nearby houses.

Roads are closed and Cook Strait crossings suspended as wild weather wallops country.

Police say father and husband Kurt Sturgess is believed to have been in the vehicle.

Police are offering rewards for anyone who has information on black-market tobacco.

A former prison counsellor who posted about ex-girlfriend's abusive mother gets convicted.

Tomorrow's Interislander sailings have been canned as snow falls in the South.

From today an active front will begin to cross the South Island, moving north.

His wife suffered pellet wounds to her abdomen and arm when she was shot.

Thieves are targeting everything from razor blades, meat, clothing, to petrol and tobacco.

A woman has died in a workplace accident in Rolleston.

A crashed tanker proved impossible to move from State Highway 6 in South Westland.

One snow-mad family went to extreme lengths to be first on the slopes at The Remarkables

Parents forced to keep kids out of school because they do not have enough food for them.

New tourism data has revealed Christchurch is back on the itinerary for tourists.

A couple's passports and tickets to tonight's Lions match were stolen from their campervan

A 4.1 magnitude quake has been recorded near Christchurch.

The body of missing Rangiora man Bill Crowe has been found.

Couple say the waving from their winery neighbours is causing them stress.