Oranga Tamariki and police are working to find a person who has escaped from a youth justice facility in Canterbury.

Farmers will be exposed to the uncertainty of the three-year political cycle by the government's decision to walk away from the bipartisan consensus on climate change, the Greens say.

High-profile strip club boss James Samson has sold his sprawling Russley estate near Christchurch Airport for $6 million in a private off-market deal.

Police are continuing with a prosecution against the woman who accused former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming of sexual offending in relation to charges of harassing another police officer and his wife.

A Canterbury toddler who was strangled by loose strapping hanging under an unsafe bed sold by The Warehouse died in a preventable accident, a coroner has ruled.

Police have charged a man with deliberately setting fire to Timaru's public Christmas tree.

Dozens of people suffered “devastating” heartbreak after discovering they had been scammed out of millions by a couple they trusted with their savings

A missing woman who is now believed to be in the Christchurch area with her three children was in Wanaka earlier this week.