6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (273+ words) Christchurch police are still treating the death of a man in Sydenham on Sunday afternoon as unexplained. Emergency services found the man at a property on Milton St at 12.30pm but he could not be revived. Police said a post-mortem examination…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (472+ words) A Dunedin teenager who took his grandparents’ vehicle for a spin was nearly three times over the legal alcohol limit for an adult, police say. Sergeant Matt Lee, of Dunedin, said officers were patrolling Green Island about 2am on Saturday when…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (181+ words) A Qantas flight destined for Australia made an emergency diversion after flames were seen shooting out of the engine above Queenstown. Queenstown residents heard and watched as a Qantas flight destined for Sydney seemed to catch fire mid-air. According to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (153+ words) A man is fighting for his life in hospital after being found with severe burns following a tobacco shop firebombing. The person, who is yet to be identified, was discovered near The Boss tobacco store in Melton, on the outskirts…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (528+ words) A Christchurch-based property developer’s application to build medium-density homes in Prebbleton has a community advocate fearing the township could lose its village feel. Wolfbrook has applied to build 69 medium-density homes on a 2ha site on Tosswill Rd in Prebbleton. “With housing…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (315+ words) Triple murderer Erin Patterson suffered a substantial miscarriage of justice during her high-profile trial, her lawyers will argue as an appeal begins. Patterson's fight to quash her convictions will start in the Victorian Court of Appeal on Wednesday, close to…...