The man admitted he must have stabbed ex-wife but insisted he had no desire to harm her.

Christchurch is expected to warm up each day this week.

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Dyers Pass Rd will be widened in places and 3km of guardrail will be installed.

The man burnt his hand after the front seat of his car went up in flames.

12,000 tickets sold for prestigious social and sporting event.

The development will provide accommodation for up to 40 young people in need.

The pup was found on the beach last Thursday afternoon.

The newly restored Mayfair Arts and Culture Centre will open this month.

The clinic will run as a six month trial.

Mavis and her husband Neville have sold the pub they have owned for 30 years.

Person with symptoms in the Waikato who shared flight with a case; test result pending

'Like a hunter stalking his prey that morning': Crown says stabbing gratuitous, planned.

Weedons lost by 105 runs to the resurgent Cheviot Magpies.

Phil Mauger used a digger to make a trench in a bid to fix flooding on Pages Road.

The box, at the Palm Drive and Laguna Gardens intersection, has cracks along the side..

The alleged assault happened at 3.35pm on Saturday.

The options are in response to several council resolutions from August last year.

Demand for baches in Canterbury's prime holiday spots is heating up.

The changes come into force in December.

A woman raped by her Tinder date has spoken after he was deemed too dangerous for parole.

A Moment In Crime episode 13 looks back at the 1990 Aramoana mass shooting and siege.

There's snow on the way for some alpine passes as a cold front hits the South Island.

The man did not have Covid-19, and spent his two weeks' managed isolation in Auckland.

Fifteen other councils have already included vaping in their smokefree policies.

Akaroa's cumulative rainfall this year is the lowest it has been in a decade.

Teacher sexually abused two schoolboys in what was described as "gross" offending.

If adopted the new structure would save between $600k and $700k.