Southland's mayor says Destiny Church leaders Brian and Hannah Tamaki are not welcome in his region.

A 62-year-old machinery operator who is raising four grandchildren fears for his and his family’s future as the Canterbury coal mine he works at prepares to close.

An iconic Canterbury train station and Transzalpine stop off is finally getting the spruce up it deserves.

Retiring Waimakariri District Council boss Jim Palmer was honoured at his final council meeting on Tuesday.

Eloise Blackwell was among the Black Ferns blindsided on Wednesday morning by the revelation their World Cup, scheduled to be held in New Zealand from September, is likely to be postponed by a year.

US President Joe Biden says decisions to end the required wearing of masks - such as those in Texas and Mississippi - amount to "Neanderthal thinking" given the rising death toll from the coronavirus pandemic.