The family of Elisabeth Nicholls, who went missing in the Christchurch suburb of Riccarton last week, are making a further appeal for assistance from the public after no breakthroughs in the search ...

Whether Jordan will be able to get his motor hissing after almost a month on the sideline won’t be known until the game gets started. Even if he’s at 80% of capacity, he’s still a threat at ...

Australian police investigating the disappearance of Pheobe Bishop say she might not have made it to the airport. The 17-year-old failed to check in for a flight and has been missing for six days.

Bad attitude or language, inadequate service and investigation failures are among the most common allegations levelled against police staff in the Central District. Information released to the ...

An attempt by two teens to rob Pātea Bridge Dairy in South Taranaki did not succeed.Google Maps / Taranaki-Daily-News A teenager involved in an attempted robbery, in which the getaway car was ...

Justice David Collins ruled the way a consent was granted to a company behind a Raetihi hydro-electric scheme was wrong.MONIQUE FORD / STUFF An iwi and a regional council have won an appeal ...

Convicted child sex offender Peter Ellis has been granted leave to take his battle to clear his name to the Supreme Court. Ellis was convicted of abusing seven children at the Christchurch Civic ...

A teacher aide has been denied paid parental leave because her employer changed, even though she kept doing the same job in the same place. Morgan Holly worked as a teacher aide on the grounds of ...

The tide is turning for earthquake refugees in South Canterbury. Principals reported fewer students in classrooms, while the Salvation Army said the number of families needing help was declining.

A bid to open up public discussion on the possibility of selling two Christchurch City council-owned assets has been narrowly defeated. Councillors voted eight to six against recommending the ...

It's significant that our road toll is 307 souls for the year so far. At the beginning of October, it was already what is being aimed at by the LTNZ for the whole of 2010. Achieving an annual ...

The power of support: John and Mary Brasell with chaplain Barbara Walker. John Brasell does not consider himself a particularly religious man. But the 76-year-old grandfather of five could not ...