Anna Thomas is a keen rail modeller, skilfully creating New Zealand prototypes.

A new plan is being developed to look after elderly residents in south Christchurch.

Traffic was been diverted after a car crashed into a number of vehicles at a busy Christchurch intersection. 

Ireland have been dealt a major blow ahead of Saturday's Rugby World Cup quarterfinal against the All Blacks.

A 20-year-old man who was estimated to be driving at 121kmh in a 50kmh zone when he crashed killing an Invercargill nurse has been sentenced to four years and eight months in prison.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is defending the decision to grant residency to a recidivist drunk driver who is in danger of being tortured if deported.

The Chief Censor's office will use its extra $2.4 million funding to get more staff to help speed up its response to violent extremist content uploaded online.

Youth will feature strongly during this year's Rangiora Show.

Tickets to special tours being staged as part of the Hurunui Garden Festival are selling out.

Methven's Garden of Harmony has an impressive display of blossom framing one side of it at the moment.

Remember the bad old days of the $11 avocado? That was back in May.

Six60 are set to return to Dunedin and play under the roof at Forsyth Barr Stadium in March next year.

Japan has sent tens of thousands of troops and rescue workers to save stranded residents and fight floods caused by one of the worst typhoons to hit the country in recent history.