Fire and Emergency New Zealand was alerted to a large vegetation fire in the Island Hills at about 2:30 yesterday afternoon. The blaze - which grew to 40-hectares in size - is now 80 percent contained ...

Fire and Emergency New Zealand was alerted around 2:30 this afternoon and now says it's grown to about 40 hectares in size. Assistant Commander Dave Key says multiple crews and nine helicopters have ...

China and the Cook Islands on Friday signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement, but the lack of transparency ...

Residents have been evacuated from their homes in rural North Canterbury as fire crews battle an uncontained bushfire.

A South Canterbury farming family says government cuts to school bus services has created another barrier to getting rural ...

The Canterbury Mayoral Forum (CMF) welcomed Hon James Meager, Minister for the South Island, to their quarterly meeting in ...

Construction at Fonterra’s Studholme site is in full swing, as the co-op transforms it into a hub for high-value proteins to ...

NJIT visits the Bryant Bulldogs after Tim Moore Jr. scored 22 points in the Highlanders' 80-69 loss to the New Hampshire Wildcats. Thursday's meeting will be the second of the ...

“We are essentially a tribe who were made landless in modern times by the actions of both central and local government, not ...

The Purdon Racing era in Canterbury is over. It's been announced that the highly-successful harness racing operation will ...

Another talented racer Super Stock driver making his mark in the Super Saloons is Rotorua’s Damian Orr, who recently gave his ...

A Canterbury wasabi grower says there’s a big opportunity to grow the condiment due to New Zealand’s climate being similar to ...