Death of popular banker Michael Phillips now "unexplained", police say

Occupants escape after neighbour raises alarm; warning on heater placement issued.

People are urged to stay well away from flooded roads with water levels remaining high.

The clean-up is underway but there's also anxiety about another deluge forecast.

Evacuees from near Heathcote river should stay away tonight as waters set to rise again

The rain is set to ease for South Islanders - but, be warned, more rain is on the way

The Timaru family of five kept themselves entertained by looking out the window.

Restaurant ordered to pay $13,865 after it failed to pay migrant workers a minimum wage.

Arrest made after an Oamaru man was shot in the leg on Sunday.

There were seven crashes, including one fatal smash, on New Zealand roads overnight.

A Christchurch cyclist has died in a riding accident on the French island of Corsica.

The Fire Service has stopped a fire from ripping through Timaru Hospital.

A dairy farm assistant ad warns of drug testing, minimum wage, and rodent visitors.

John Junior Faave appeared in the Timaru District Court this morning.

Child killer Robin Pitney failed drugs test and went on the run.

Murray Wall, 53, has been missing since this morning.

A new employee at a meatworks lost his hand in an accident with an auger.

A major hydroponic cannabis growing operation, with more than 800 plants, has been found by police in South Canterbury.

A man has died in one of two serious truck crashes that have closed roads in Timaru and Taranaki this morning.

Offender alleged to have demanded money and assaulted a young man.

Locals were unable to save whale that repeatedly stranded on popular beach.

Bridget McMenamin worked on the Lisa Blakie murder inquiry. She has launched a Facebook page to investigate the 2000 case again.

One person has moderate to serious injuries after a car crash in rural South Canterbury this afternoon.

A man jumped from his car after he was held up and the vehicle stolen near Timaru this week.

Nicole Smith has been found safe on a rural road west of Timaru.

Friends are increasingly worried for the safety of a Timaru woman last seen in van driven by a man who police fear may be armed.

A man convicted of beating his wife so severely that he perforated her eardrum has left New Zealand.

An elderly man was taken to hospital in a moderate condition this afternoon after a two-car crash near Timaru. The crash happened

Immigration New Zealand are set to remove a man convicted of beating his wife so severely - as she held their baby daughter - that he temporarily deafened her.

First it was creepy clowns, now people dressed as monkeys are terrorising people.