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Oranga Tamariki and police are working to find a person who has escaped from a youth justice facility in Canterbury.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has mounted a defence of his leadership, reminding people he rebuilt the National Party after "a state of civil war".

An Interislander ferry has dodged a bullet after suffering a technical failure - proof to the govt that an emergency tug should be retained, a union says.

Police Minister Mark Mitchell says former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster's claims he knew about allegations being made about Jevon McSkimming are "absolute total nonsense".

A pioneering Christchurch figure in women’s sport has been honoured on the one-year anniversary of her death.

A South Korean man who expected to be paid a few thousand dollars for smuggling rare geckos only found in Canterbury, Otago and Southland out of NZ has been jailed.

The deal includes a 4.6% pay increase over two years.

Three people are believed to be injured after a crash that has closed part of a Canterbury highway.

Hikers are risking their lives daily venturing into closed areas of a popular Canterbury national park track, where construction and explosive work is under way to build a new bridge, Doc says.

Police want the public’s help to identify this person in relation to the theft of scrap metal from a Christchurch business.