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The event is made up to the Barfoot and Thompson New Zealand Women's Squash Open, the Lucino New Zealand Men's Squash Open and the New Zealand Junior Open.

Fouda has accepted a new role in Australia and says serving as an Imam in the garden city has been one of the greatest honours of his life.

Police are still at the scene of the two-vehicle crash that left one person dead.

Hurunui ratepayers will have to choose between a lower rate rises or improved roads.

Father Rowan Maxwell Donoghue, formerly of St Bede's College in Christchurch, has been charged with historical offending.

"I helped pull the hoses out in my sandals," says a neighbour who saw black smoke spewing out of the garage next door.

Electric Avenue has reached uncharted waters a decade since its inception, and now stands as arguably the "biggest festival in Australasia".

The single vehicle crash was discovered on Spur Road at about midday today, but is thought to have occurred overnight, police say.

The Auckland Phoenix have handily beaten their countrymen rivals Wellington Phoenix 6-1 at Go Media Mount Smart Stadium.

There has been plenty of vibrancy and eclecticism on display, band tees, or attire influenced by club culture.

A grieving relief teacher leads a private school choir to glory in Samoan-Kiwi director Miki Magasiva's debut feature film Tinā. Video, Audio

A public service will be held on the banks of the Ōtākaro Avon River to mark the 14th anniversary of the deadly 2011 earthquake.

The Dunedin City Council and Christchurch City Council are considering teaming up for Three Waters work.

Firefighters had to rescue two of the people from a tank.

Ratepayers will now be asked asked to provide feedback on their preferred model, as the council works to establish how it will deliver drinking water, wastewater and stormwater under new government…

Severe thunderstorms would generate localised downpours with rainfall rates of 25 to 35 millimetres per hour, and large hail, MetService added. Audio

Seven businesses on New Regent Street were broken into, as well as one on Racecourse Road.

Concerned Selwyn residents say nitrate levels in their drinking water are being pushed up by human effluent spread on fields near their homes.

Christchurch Airport has welcomed New Zealand's first electric fire truck, but one expert says the saved emissions will be "insignificant and inconsequential".

The Defence Force has taken the Selwyn District Council to the Environment Court over its refusal to ban residents living near an army rifle range from complaining about its noise.