The man behind the rebuild of the Isaac Theatre Royal in Christchurch after the earthquakes has died.

Christine Aston, who lives near the epicentre, says there was a “mild jolt”, but a slight rattle of her ornaments was all she noticed.

The 34-year-old will appear in court next month on a charge of causing wasteful deployment of police personnel and resources.

Experts say there is a high probability Southerners will see the Aurora Australis on Tuesday evening after snow, high winds and heavy rain lashed parts of the South Island.

Stuff understands the victim of a Saturday night shooting in Auckland was a 14-year-old girl, who was shot in the back through a window - and was not the intended target.

A former sex worker’s minders wanted to set a man up and “get him a hiding” after he allegedly raped and strangled her, a court has heard.

Police are investigating how the man left alert level 3 lockdown and boarded planes without the correct documentation.

He escaped the floods but faulty wiring gutted a priest's house and destroyed all of his possessions.

Brian Tamaki appeared via video link at the Auckland District Court on Tuesday, charged with failing to comply with the Covid-19 Public Health Order.

The Auckland event will not be going ahead due to the uncertainty around Covid-19 restrictions, but is scheduled to go ahead in Christchurch.

The woman travelled with another person who had an exemption for child care arrangements.

A video posted on social media shows the man scaling the outside of the Barclay Suites, dropping from balcony to balcony before police rush in.

Andrej Michael Schwaab fired eight shots in a suburban Christchurch street, but told a court he never meant to hit or kill anyone.

Minister told that essential tasks were not completed ahead of the vaccine rollout for Māori. “They weren’t done, and now we’re chasing our tails.”

Pregnant Kiwi Ferne Robinson was visiting from Australia when NZ went into lockdown. Now her at-risk baby is in ICU and her husband is stuck in Perth.

Data shows rural New Zealand is over ten per cent behind in Covid-19 vaccinations ahead of Super Saturday.

Police are examining information provided through 75 calls from the public over the last six months.

Mount Roskill Fresh in Three Kings, Seasons Market in Mount Wellington and Pak 'n Save Henderson are the latest additions to the list.

Raewyn Baker got a jab the vaccination clinic at Puketapu School in Bell Block on Tuesday.

A South Canterbury man has been charged with possessing a copy of the Christchurch mosque shooters manifesto and the video which he livestreamed during the attacks.