1+ hour, 34+ min ago  (438+ words) A New Zealand civil liberties organisation is calling on the Government to pause education legislation it says would hand unelected officials broad new powers over homeschooling families. PILLAR, which stands for Protecting Individual Life, Liberty and Rights, describes itself as…...

18+ hour, 13+ min ago  (133+ words) A person has died following a serious two vehicle crash near Tekapo this afternoon. Emergency services were called to State Highway 8, Tekapo Twizel Road, at about 4. 30pm after reports of a crash involving two vehicles including a motorcycle. Police said despite…...

3+ day, 12+ min ago  (378+ words) A Christchurch abstract painter has been named a top 10 finalist in the People's Choice Award at the NZ Art Show 2026, with a large-scale work exploring the unseen labour of domestic life. Kate Mc Leod's painting Wax Off. Wax On. was…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (402+ words) A national cycling advocacy group is calling for a safety audit of the Harewood shared pathway where Christchurch real estate agent Sally Fitzgerald was seriously injured after being struck by a cyclist last November. Fitzgerald suffered a broken nose, broken…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (103+ words) A vegetation fire is causing delays on State Highway 77 in central Canterbury this morning, with stop/go traffic management in place near the intersection with Davies Road. The fire on Wairiri Road is partially blocking the highway between Glentunnel and…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (217+ words) Four teenage boys have been arrested and charged over a series of violent assaults in Invercargill in which dating app Grindr was used to lure victims to attack locations. Two 15-year-old males and two 16-year-old males have each been charged…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (269+ words) An alpine suspension bridge that once carried thousands of trampers and climbers through the Hooker Valley is being broken up and sold off. The Department of Conservation is inviting expressions of interest for metal and wood components from the 90-metre…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (321+ words) The Government will slash the public service to roughly 55, 000 workers by mid-2029, down from more than 65, 000, as part of a sweeping overhaul it says will save $2. 4 billion over four years. Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Public Service Minister Paul Goldsmith announced…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago  (464+ words) Police Commissioner Richard Chambers acknowledged the verdicts in a statement. "The loss of Lyn continues to feel raw for all," Chambers said. "This should never have happened at all. Lyn, and those with her that night, were targeted solely because…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (158+ words) Two Hong Kong tourists were killed and three others injured in a three-vehicle crash in the Selwyn district on Friday. The crash was reported to emergency services at about 1. 12pm near the intersection of North Rakaia Road and State Highway 1. Two…...