Local News

The deceived wife of a man who faked his own death says her children have had to undergo psychiatric care since he resurfaced....read more

A Christchurch woman is horrified at a serious misdiagnosis by Christchurch Hospital medical staff which could have resulted in her daughter being paralysed....read more

A North Canterbury man must pay $500 to a policeman for burning him on the arm with a cigarette during a traffic stop....read more

Dry-ice bottle bomber Damien Gary White admitted all five charges against him as his jury trial was due to begin in Christchurch District Court today....read more

A district court judge's comment about what could happen to a young offender with a bar of soap in prison has angered members of the legal fraternity. ...read more

Motorists are being urged to stay at home this weekend as gale force winds, snow, hail and heavy rain batter the country....read more

From the north, the south and the west, trucks began heading towards Auckland's Queen St this morning at first light....read more

Serial tagger Justin James Dunning is facing a jail sentence after appearing in Christchurch District Court today on intentional damage charges....read more

Truck convoys clogged motorways and New Zealand city centres this morning, but advance warning meant major logjams were avoided....read more

With a shrug as he stood in the dock, Peter David McKee pleaded guilty to the murder of his Addington neighbour - killed with 28 stab wounds to his head, neck and back....read more