Police are still investigating how a 7-year-old girl was run over and killed near Twizel yesterday.
Hundreds of "battle hardened" Cantabrians turned out tonight to protest again the Government's proposed schools shake-up.
A second man has been arrested in connection to a terrifying home invasion in Christchurch yesterday.
A teenage driver is facing charges after ploughing into a school classroom at high speed this morning.
A search and rescue expert used Oklahoma City bombing terrorist attack rescue techniques to take control of the CTV Building collapse site, an inquest heard today.
International mine safety experts have today met families of Pike River victims to start formulating a new plan to enter the collapsed mine and recover the 29 bodies.
No country in the world would have had the rescue resources to immediately cope with the CTV Building disaster, an expert told an inquest today.
Health and safety was non-existent in the immediate aftermath of the CTV Building rescue mission, with firefighters being held by their ankles as they buried into makeshift tunnels to pull out survivors and corpses.
A strange smoky smell" forced a Jetstar crew to abort a Christchurch to Wellington service mid-flight this morning.
A spate of deaths in the United States linked to a highly caffeinated energy drink will be examined as part of a transtasman review that could mean caffeine levels in such drinks are lowered here.
A smiling bank robber has admitted using a fake bomb to hold up a Christchurch ANZ branch.
New Zealand soldiers returned home last night after a gruelling six-month deployment to Afghanistan, where they lost five comrades in the line of duty.
A boy racer caught after a 14-minute high-speed pursuit involving 10 police cars was unrepentant afterwards, telling officers: "Next time I'll smoke you.''
A memorial service will be held on Friday for the whitebaiter swept out to sea at the mouth of the Rakaia River in Canterbury.
A new vaccine that could be the world's first 'cure' for coeliac disease is being trialled in New Zealand.
A young music graduate is working as a human scarecrow on an English farm to fund a dream holiday to New Zealand.
An alleged bank robber who held up a bank claiming he had a bomb has today been granted bail.
Notorious motorcycle gang, the Head Hunters are running a cage fighting club out of a new Hutt Valley headquarters.
A bid to ban marlin from restaurant menus in New Zealand is gaining momentum, with a leading recreational fishing group adding its weight to the calls.
Claims the convicted fraudster who oversaw the construction of Christchurch's doomed CTV building stole the identity of a British engineer and faked his engineering degree, have been upheld after an investigation.