
Holiday road toll climbs to six after man and woman die in truck and motorcycle crash
The deaths bring the Christmas/New Year holiday road toll to six.
The deaths bring the Christmas/New Year holiday road toll to six.
A slip is blocking part of State Highway 1 between Christchurch and Kaikōura.
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State Highway 6 is shut at the Fox River bridge.
Two helicopters attended the crash, as well as police, fire crews and St John.
Police expect to lay further charges in due course.
A police spokeswoman said one car was said to have rolled and one person was trapped.
Marine and Motorhome Dunedin owner Garry Hornby said he had "nothing left" to sell.
The snow is expected to mostly fall on Boxing Day.
The change in fire season came into effect at 8am on Thursday.
Each year they leave their homes and fly to feeding grounds across the Pacific Ocean.
It has been a decade since Timothy Wallis, 26, went missing.
An emotional "celebration of life" has been held today.
"Traditionally mead is a sort of desert style wine, very sweet and high in alcohol."
Both earthquakes were about 50km north-east of Akaroa.
At about 8pm on Tuesday, miners reached the Rocsil Plug near the end of the drift.
The Christchurch City Council has granted a critical resource consent for the project.
A 52-year-old man was arrested in Dunedin last night.
Michael James MacLeod, 46, of Dunedin, died on Sunday.
Dr Peter Bramley is currently chief executive of Nelson Marlborough Health.
MetService is forecasting a high of 16C in Christchurch on December 25.
Keith Singleton was arrested after police executed a search of his Queenstown home.
There were 18 incidents of poor behaviour from the public between July 2019 and July 2020.
The quake registered at a depth of 11km with its epicentre near Linwood Ave.