Canterbury

Emergency Management teams are ramping up ahead of a major weather system set to bring days of heavy rain and strong winds to parts of the country from Tuesday.

A Christchurch street and a park associated with abuse of children and young people are likely to have a name change.

The team behind the rebuild began deliberately slowing work last year after the budget ballooned from $104m to $248m.

It was not clear how the dog got infected, with no links to the border yet established.

"Philanthropy alone will not provide sufficient funds to complete the project," the chair of the group behind it says.

Ghomer Yaris Dulay's car hit a gravel surface going 120kmh.

Christchurch midwives and māmā are celebrating the opening of new birthing unit Kurawaka: Waipapa.

Work has started on multi-million highway upgrades that is expected to cut congestion on a critical Queenstown road.

A cricket fan has been left gobsmacked after finding recycling efforts at Christchurch's Hagley Oval were quite literally rubbish. Audio

A mid-Canterbury farm has been fined for discharging piggery effluent.

A hunt will soon get under way in Christchurch's red zone for a pair of invasive myna birds.

The owner of a landmark Christchurch cafe says it has emerged from the Port Hills fire more resilient with a brand new carpark.

Three people were arrested, 13 cars impounded, and more than 30 speeding infringments issued during the Chrome car show in Christchurch, police say.

The community-scale farms will produce 18 megawatts of energy, enough to power nearly 4000 homes.

The cold snap has brought the first snow of the year to Otago's Cardrona ski field. Audio

Water testing in the region has shown high levels of nitrate in some people's drinking water, Greenpeace Aotearoa says.

Emergency services are at the scene of the serious crash involving a single e-scooter in Christchurch this afternoon.

Canterbury Regional Council unlawfully granted a resource consent for contaminant discharge in Ashburton, the High Court has ruled.

Rising ballet star and teen swimming sensation Hamish Giddens has mastered the art of fluid movement.

Trust member says he doesn't want to take money from "any activity that potentially posed harm to the animals that I'm studying".