Three people have been injured, one critical, in a dog attack in Christchurch.

In a post on Facebook, the college said it has been advised by the Ministry of Education and specialist contractors to close the school.

Legislation last year established 12 high protection areas - but allowed commercial operators exclusive access to two of them.

The company said several copper and fibre cables had been damaged, with the outage affected nearly 7500 customers..

Health New Zealand says in 2025, three offers were made to senior doctors and two to nurses, which were all declined.

Meanwhile, a separate motorcycle crash has blocked Glenorchy-Queenstown Road at Mount Creighton.

It aims to bring attention to legislative failures that enabled the exploitation of waterways and undermine hapū authority in enacting kaitiakitanga.

Three Zaroa NZ-branded products are being recalled after being produced without the required food safety control and oversight.

Figures reveal the number of head injuries suffered by Oranga Tamariki staff while at work has increased 80 percent in five years.

The request for volunteers came from Civil Defence on Friday night.

The recent news can be unsettling, but it's important to keep perspective and educate your child on dog behaviours and interactions.

Raw sewage has been spewing into the South coast and further out to the Cook Strait since the plant's massive failure two weeks ago.

The Beths are back in town following a US tour and appearance on American talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Mihiata Te Rore, 62, was killed while visiting a home in Kaihu, Northland.

A Manawatū woman is just days away from a full stomach reconstruction five months after a weight-loss operation in Turkey went wrong.