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The Court of Appeal has confirmed a hearing date next year for Work and Income double-killer Russell John Tully.

A 50-year-old man who died after the quad bike he was riding crashed on a farm near Ashburton has been named.

Grieving family faces a new tragedy.

A man was stabbed to death overnight.

The Ministry of Social Development may have to pay millions to make Work and Income offices safer for staff.

Five-hundred cows stolen from a mid-Canterbury dairy farm were probably rustled over a period of months, police believe.

A coroner has ruled Ashburton teenager Kirsty Bentley died from a massive blow to her head on the day she went missing.

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The fallout from Silver Fern Farms' decision to axe the bobby calf kill at the co-operative's Fairton plant impacts Mid Canterbury region.

A large gang fight in Ashburton involving weapons has resulted in police making nine arrests.

If Ashburton Council doesn't halt sale of land with aquifer, residents will take ECan to the High Court for a judicial review.

A person has died after being struck by a freight train in Mid Canterbury this morning.

The driver of a stolen car was caught by police after crashing into a KFC in Ashburton.

Pilot who was forced to make emergency landing accidentally starved chopper of fuel and had not flown aircraft for five years.

CCTV footage of masked gunman Russell John Tully from inside the Ashburton Work and Income bloodbath can be shown for the first time.

Her mother, aunt and grandmother died of breast cancer. Samantha Pooke is opting for surgery to ensure she survives.

Friends, colleagues and community members gathered this morning to mark one year since two women were killed during a shooting in Ashburton.

Four men were arrested after a bar-side brawl in Ashburton during the early hours of this morning.

A motorist who died in a fatal crash near Ashburton on Friday night has today been named by police.

Ashburton mother Cindy George and her three children were farewelled at an emotional service this morning.

A woman interviewed over a murder nearly two decades ago wants to change her police statement.

The Cook Islands community are rallying around to help the grieving family of Ashburton mum Cindy George and her three children as they prepare to say goodbye.

A poisons expert says carbon monoxide could be an "insidious" killer, leaving its victims little or no time to act.

The grief and shock of devastated family and friends as they crossed the red and white police emergency tape on Thomson St was shared throughout the small township today.

The father of three children found dead inside an Ashburton home with their mother cannot stop crying because he misses his "beautiful kids" so much.

The woman and children found dead in an Ashburton house yesterday have now been identified by police.

When Sid Bentley died he may have been broken in spirit, heart and body, but he died surrounded by friends.

The Ministry of Social Development has pleaded not guilty this morning to charges over the deadly Ashburton Work and Income shootings.