One video showed a woman "drinking directly from the ice sculpture until she could obviously drink no more".

Residents at a Kaiapoi retirement village are in the running for an award after transforming a bare plot of land and eight empty raised beds into a flourishing, sustainable garden.

Selwyn District Council and Environment Canterbury have defended how they responded to the major flooding in the district early last month.

Waihora will represent Ellesmere in the combined country rugby semi-finals after a dominant 41-3 win over Southbridge.

Former All Blacks captain Stu Wilson has died at the age of 70.

What does it really mean when your dog wags its tail? Why do they sometimes like to eat poo? Animal behaviourist Dr Zazie Todd answers some of the curly pet questions.

Josh Grossberg, a New York-based documentarian and journalist, has been on an exhaustive search to find the "Holy Grail of cinema".