Independent engineering reports reviewed by the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) have resulted in some changes to Selwyn District's potentially earthquake-prone buildings list.

The Land and Water Forum (LWF) today called for national bottom lines to be set for the state of New Zealand's rivers, lakes, streams, wetlands and aquifers.

A wreath laying ceremony to mark the 71st anniversary of the Battle for Crete will take place at Wellington's National War Memorial on Sunday.

The best urban design ideas in a competition for rebuilding quake-affected Christchurch will be judged by David Sheppard, President Elect of the Institute of Architects, and design experts David Lovegrove and Jacky Bowring.

Strong, cold southwesterlies over the lower South Island with gales about coastal parts of Southland, Clutha and southern Dunedin are gradually easing.

Police are appealing for sightings of a car and items of clothing following a homicide in Whanganui.

A woman has admitted stealing four Instant Kiwi tickets and using an associate to try to claim a $100,000 prize off one of them.

A homicide investigation is continuing in Whanganui following the discovery of a man's body at a house in Campbell Street yesterday morning.

Former Cabinet minister Dover Samuels believes officials did a ''hatchet job'' on the Chinese millionaire on trial for fraud.

Police yesterday executed six simultaneous search warrants on addresses in Kaikoura, recovering guns, drugs and other items of interest. Senior Sergeant Ciaran Sloan of Blenheim Police said the raids were the first phase of a three month operation.

New Zealand has catalogued its entire known living and fossil life from 530 million years ago to today.

Police are seeking information on the whereabouts of a visiting French male who was last known to be tramping in the Tararua Ranges.

A truck driver recovering from a serious Wairarapa logging crash is the man who once fought off Raymond Ratima, ending his mass killing spree.

A new and innovative joint venture between Unitec Institute of Technology and the Waitemata District Health Board will provide further opportunities for learning, innovation, research and collaboration among health practitioners, community agencies and...

Former All Black Stephen Bachop has pleaded guilty to two assaults on the night of the Rugby World Cup final.