Missing persons map a ‘game changer’
A police officer has created a new nationwide interactive map of the last known location of people who have gone missing during the past 50 years.
Christchurch
Appeal launched for missing Christchurch woman
Appeal launched for missing Christchurch woman
Christchurch Police are appealing for any sightings of Rochelle Tabak (also known as Rochelle Fleming), who has been missing since Wednesday.
Man who vanished from Auckland Airport found safe
Man who vanished from Auckland Airport found safe
A man who vanished from Auckland Airport on Friday has been found, his whānau say.
Minister backs facial recognition tech
Poll: Minister backs facial recognition tech to stop shoplifting
Facial recognition software has become a valuable tool in the fight against supermarket shoplifting. Do you think the technology should be used more broadly to tackle retail crime?
Violent crime data raises more questions than answers - Labour
Violent crime data raises more questions than answers - Labour
The Ministry of Justice has released data confirming the government's claim it met its target of reducing the number of violent crime victims, primarily in Canterbury and Auckland.
US cop jailed over killing of NZ-born man
Deputy jailed over fatal shooting of Christchurch-born man
After three years and two trials, a former US police officer has been sentenced to three years in jail over the fatal shooting of a Christchurch-born man in Colorado.
Community page targeted by online scammer
Community page targeted by online scammer
Traditionally trustworthy Christchurch community group social media pages are becoming another hunting ground for online scammers.
Family holding out hope after man goes missing
Family holding out hope after man goes missing
The family of a man who vanished from Auckland Airport after checking in for a flight to Christchurch are holding out hope he'll be found safe.
Man missing after checking in for Christchurch flight
Man missing after checking in for Christchurch flight
Police are urgently looking for a man who vanished from Auckland Airport after checking in for a flight to Christchurch and clearing security but never boarding his plane.
Jailed over black market tobacco
Jailed over black market tobacco
A Christchurch man behind a major black market tobacco operation has been jailed for more than three years.
Restaurant owner has sentence reduced
Christchurch restaurant owner who served up unsafe food has sentence reduced
A Christchurch restaurant owner who sold toxic food to customers and directed the recalled product to be eaten by her staff has received a reduced sentence.
How to get the most out of your veggie box
How to get the most out of your veggie box
Not sure what to make using what's in your veggie box? Christchurch community farm manager Georgina Stanley has a few ideas to share such as a red cabbage and apple curry.
Media tour stadium site
'It's going to be outstanding': Journalists get tour of new stadium
Members of the media were given a look inside the construction site of Christchurch's long-awaited $683 million stadium on Monday.
Police raid Northcote Rd property
Police raid Northcote Rd property
Armed police raided a Christchurch address as part of a pre-planned operation on Tuesday morning.
Orchestral music deters anti-social behaviour
Classical music, opera scares off miscreants at Christchurch bus hub
Dramatic orchestral symphonies, soaring operatic solos and piano sonatas have been blasting from speakers at Christchurch's bus interchange to drive trouble away.
Employee hospitalised after 6m fall
Prowash employee treated at Burwood Hospital after 6m fall off roof
Prowash employee Joshua Bowles had only been on the job for two months and was yet to receive safety training when he fell from a roof he was cleaning with his boss.
Rural children at high risk of gastrointestinal tract infection - study
Rural children at high risk of gastrointestinal tract infection - study
A new Canterbury University study has found rates of bacterial infection campylobacteriosis are twice as likely for people living in rural areas on private water supplies than for their urban counterparts.
Pop-up Anzac display a hands-on lesson
Schools' pop-up Anzac display provides a hands-on lesson
Christchurch high school students got the chance to see a WW2 and Vietnam-era 105mm Howitzer up close.
New peer support services at ED
New peer support services at ED
New peer support workers at Christchurch Hospital's Emergency Dept say it feels special to now help patients at a place they have also experienced mental health distress.
Panelbeaters placed in liquidation
Christchurch panelbeaters goes under owing more than $600k
A Christchurch company running a panel shop repairing motor vehicles has gone under owing just over $600,000 in unpaid staff payments, tax and other bills.