Canterbury

Uber and the Red Cross will pick up donated clothes at no charge across Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

Two people were taken to a hospital, one in a serious condition.

A new operating theatre at Christchurch's Forté Hospital will increase surgical capacity, as the health sector struggles to meet increasing demand.

Pregnant staff in Christchurch Hospital's radiology team have been offered advice after inhaling toxic fumes from a construction site.

Many of the councillors around the table expressed their regret at Peter Scott's resignation after a string of controversies.

North Canterbury principals have responded to comments from Associate Education Minister David Seymour suggesting schools will no longer be allowed to hold teacher-only days during the school term.

Christchurch police are investigating a workplace death in the suburb of Hornby.

A firearms expert says the terrorist controlled the environment because his victims were defenceless, unexpecting, trapped, and unarmed.

A person was found critically injured on Monday night but died in hospital.

You might not have ever heard of pigeon racing, but there are clubs all around Aotearoa with people just like these two competitng.

Darcy had been missing since Sunday afternoon.

Waimakariri mayor Dan Gordon says he plans to keep to the council's Long Term Plan commitment to keep next year's rates rise below 5 percent.

Could an AI bot become the mayor of Kaikōura in 2075? The district council has been imagining what the town might look like in 50 years.

A police vetting officer ultimately recommended the terrorist receive his gun licence as he "appears to be a sound person who shows good attitudes and safety sense".

They say you should never work with animals or children, but these penguin keepers say it is the best job in the world.

One of the gun licence referees told a lawyer to "sit down" and refused to answer her question, while the other threatened to walk out a lawyer was "annoying" him.

The daughter of a woman killed says family and friends are struggling to understand how something so horrible could have happened to such a lovely person.

Organisational failure saw Environment Canterbury fail to reprimand the chairperson - that's what the council are saying.

A vetting officer who interviewed referees put forward for the terrorist's firearms licence application told an inquest he already knew them and had no reason to doubt their responses, integrity or…

The Willowbank Wildlife Reserve in Christchurch began as a family dream - and 50 years on, it's still thriving.