Two people have been taken to Christchurch Hospital following a two vehicle crash near Lincoln this afternoon. Police were called to the intersection of Weedons Road and Springston Rolleston Road ...

Emergency Management officials are reviewing the mobile alert system after some residents reported being woken by repeated emergency messages following yesterday’s massive offshore earthquake. The ...

Health New Zealand has welcomed the decision by members of the Midwifery Employee Representation and Advisory Services (MERAS) to settle their collective employment agreement. The new deal covers a 29 ...

An advisory has been issued for all of New Zealand’s coastal regions after a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia. Officials have warned that strong and ...

Nurses in Christchurch joined thousands of their colleagues across the country in a 24-hour strike today, calling for urgent action on safe staffing and better pay. Despite rain, determined health ...

Civil Defence Emergency Management Canterbury is urging caution along the region’s coastline following the magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia, at 11.25am today. The National ...

Former Christchurch City Councillor James Daniels has announced he is withdrawing from the race for the Coastal Ward in the upcoming local body elections. In a message shared on Facebook, Daniels said ...

Longtime community board member David Cartwright has announced his candidacy for the Fendalton Ward seat on Christchurch City Council in the upcoming local body elections. Cartwright, who has served ...

Police and Fire and Emergency are still investigating a spate of suspicious fires which occurred on Saturday night and Sunday morning. Crews were first alerted to the fire at the Waimakariri riverbed, ...

The Government has quietly approved a significant increase in the fees paid to board members of Crown entities, with some roles seeing rises of up to 80 percent. The changes, detailed in a Cabinet ...

A truck crash has closed a section of State Highway 1 near Cheviot in North Canterbury this morning, leaving two people injured. Emergency services were called to the scene on Domett Road around ...

More than 36,000 Health New Zealand nurses, midwives, and healthcare assistants will walk off the job tomorrow in a nationwide 24-hour strike. The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) said ...