Canterbury

Former New Zealand international cricketer Brian Hastings has died. He was 84.

Not being able to provide a relative who lived in New Zealand as a referee for a firearm licence application was not a reason disqualify it, an inquest has heard.

Residents at a Christchurch rest home are alarmed at proposed staffing cuts that will mean there are fewer people to look after them. Audio

A charitable trust that had to turn away 600 families from patient accommodation last year hopes a new apartment complex will ease pressure.

It was also at a time where he could manufacture his own military-style semi-automatics in a completely unregulated way.

Ashburton's new library and civic centre cost $62.1 million to build.

A man has been charged with the murder of a woman who lay dead in a Christchurch residence for three days.

Turning down the lights will give Kaikōura's struggling Hutton's shearwater birds ''a fighting chance'', a local wildlife advocate says.

A second person has died after a crash in Kirwee, west of Christchurch, last week.

A front is expected to move up the South Island on Tuesday.

The Majestic Theatre hasn't screened a film in more than a quarter of a century, but the building still stands - for now.

WorkSafe has opened an investigation and its staff are heading to the site to begin gathering evidence.

A person has died and two have been critically injured in a crash in Kirwee.

There are concerns potential shortcuts could lead to "another disaster like the CTV building collapse".

The Garden City has shed its staid image and is solidly on the up. How did this happen?

Transpower has completed repairs to its Tekapo-Timaru line after wires were severed by a helicopter.

Transpower estimates it will take between 24 and 36 hours to repair the damage.

John Hope Muchirahondo was found not guilty on eight charges of sexual offending and the jury could not reach a verdict on five others.

The paraglider has been airlifted to Christchurch Hospital.