Tributes from craft brewing competitors, peers, tenants and city leaders flow after Cassels' death, like the beer that still flows from the taps of his brewery.

A man has died and another man on a motorcycle has been seriously injured after colliding with a car in Halswell, Christchurch.

Witness says a driver looked like they were trying to park, but hit the accelerator instead of the brake and crashed into a window on the North Shore.

The father of the man fatally shot by police on Saturday night has been granted bail from prison.

New Zealand and Singapore have added climate change to their co-operation agreement, after the countries' PMs met.

A coroner found the hospital didn't document a key detail about supervision, and there was no nurse to nurse handover between morning and afternoon shifts.

Instead of voting to accept a "historic" pay equity deal, nurses are deciding if they should go to the ERA over the deal which they say is proof of broken promises.

This former retreat - complete with built-in chapel, caretaker's residence, elevated tennis court and marble breakfast bar - is going to auction soon.

The man who died when his milk tanker crashed in the Waimate District on Saturday has been described as someone who would do anything to help.

A man who died in a fire at a Dunedin boarding house on Good Friday has yet to be formally identified.

Police are looking for those involved in a scrap that broke out between two women and security guards at the central city store near midnight.

A windfarm and two housing developments are the latest projects to be hurried through the Resource Management Act.

A bike commuter says he didn't realise how close the car came to hitting him until he saw the footage: "I looked at the video and started shaking."

A post-mortem has taken place on the man police fatally shot at the weekend, with more information likely in the coming days.

Darryl Evans resigned from Māngere Budgeting Service after allegations about his management style made by former employees.

People will have the chance to get an exclusive behind-the-fence look at the Christ Church Cathedral rebuild when annual architectural festival Open Christchurch returns.

Singapore and NZ prime minsters say the US wants to step up its role in the Pacific - but not by rejoining the CPTPP.

A trio of kayakers spotted a flash of white. But their discovery of the watery wreck left more questions than answers.

The 384-home proposal will be decided under the Government's fast tracking process, locking out the local council from having say.

New Zealand has unveiled its latest round of sanctions aimed at Vladimir Putin's regime.