The great outdoors could become user pays as the Department of Conservation looks to bump up its revenue.

Police have executed several search warrants in Christchurch this morning in relation to the murder of Tyrone Munns on March 9.

A security guard has been stood down from work after allegations he assaulted patrons at a Christchurch street party gone wrong.

The boat that capsized off the coast of Kaikōura in 2022, killing five people had hit a whale, and those who died were trapped in the petrol-contaminated hull, the transport watchdog has found.

A woman was carjacked at a busy intersection by a stranger high on drugs who was carrying a rubbish bag full of clothes.