A residential house fire in Canterbury is spreading rapidly to a neighbouring property. Fire and emergency services were called to a house fire in Kaiapoi, near Christchurch, at 11.35am.

Road rage is getting worse according to survey results out today, and I think it’s time we made road rage a specific criminal offence. I’ll come back to that but, first, how about this for a ...

Russia increases its Ukraine offensive, Wellington Water faces scrutiny, and Cyclone Alfred triggers insurance chaos in Australia. The victim of a suspected homicide in Christchurch is understood ...

Emergency services have responded to a crash involving a car and a bus at the intersection of Gloucester Street and Fitzgerald Avenue late this morning. St John Ambulance was notified of the incident ...

I don’t like this idea of dangling bigger carrots in front of people who own land that the government or your local council might want for big infrastructure projects. But I'm more concerned ...

One person has been taken to Christchurch Hospital in a critical condition following a crash at Ruapuna Speedway last night. Hato Hone St John confirmed an ambulance and rapid response vehicle ...

Winston Peters had no option when it came to sacking Phil Goff from his job as High Commissioner in London, but that doesn’t mean I’m happy with it. I think he’s done the right thing.

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I'm neither happy or unhappy that Adrian Orr is no longer Reserve Bank Governor, but I do have a piece of advice for whoever ends up taking over from him. Just be the complete opposite. Because I ...

A CHRISTCHURCH pizza company has been denied the extra trading hours it asked for. A BCP licensing committee has decided that the application for a late-night refreshment licence up to 5am on busy ...

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