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An injured pensioner was whisked away from his crashed car by a vigilant member of the public before an ambulance arrived.

A man who once wanted to be a security guard for former PM Dame Jacinda Ardern has been sending lewd emails to another person in political circles, calling her "the girl of his dreams".

Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming has pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material.

The Crusaders squad for the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season includes a mix of seasoned campaigners and six rising stars who have earned full contracts.

Dogs are now banned from Christchurch's Avon Heathcote Estuary, including the beach around Southshore Spit Reserve and near Shag Rock, as well as parts of Styx Mill Conservation Reserve.

Locals with garden hoses helped busy Wānaka fire crews last night.

A Canterbury 5-year-old, who is the only person in NZ with the extremely rare genetic disorder Witteveen-Kolk Syndrome, is set to fly to Brisbane on Friday for life-changing physical therapy.

A Christchurch clinician claims to have identified New Zealand's oldest x-ray image, taken in the late 19th century.

An enthralled crowd watched Ashburton’s first-ever chilli eating competition, drawn in by the spectacle of contestants torturing themselves to the point of agony and sickness.

Some 160,000 people are now without jobs - the highest number since 1994.

A teenager's suicide has highlighted the dangers of children being exposed to pornography and sexualised online interactions, a coroner has found.