A New Zealander inside a Melbourne synagogue subject to an alleged arson attack on Friday says it is a worrying escalation from "hate speech into violence".
Do you think you have the right to know how Venues Ōtautahi will split the cost of events with clients at Christchurch's new $683m central city stadium?
Union members are ramping up a campaign ahead of the October local body elections, urging Christchurch voters to back candidates opposed to the sale of ratepayer-owned assets.
A patron at Dunedin’s Moana Pool was worried a knife-wielding woman was going to go on a "stabbing spree" when he stepped in to negotiate with her on Sunday afternoon.
A man still suffers flashbacks from being trapped, unable to breathe, almost two years after rescuing a colleague from a pit of poisonous gas, a court has heard.
A mental health patient was not drug tested on the day he committed his second killing because the staffer believed he was "acting cagey", his father alleges.
A Christchurch Men's Prison officer was lured from his office and then shanked and stabbed by an inmate who was upset at not being able to contact his pregnant partner.