Katie Todd

As flood-swamped Southland slowly drains and reopens, some people's first thoughts have been with their furry, four-legged friends.

While pets were lodged in special animal evacuation centres, other… Audio

Some Mataura residents have returned home only to discover they face a massive clean-up job.

The town had been a no-go zone for two days amid fears of flooding and the potential release of toxic… Audio

Two people remain in Dunedin Hospital after a tour bus rolled on the Glenorchy-Queenstown road yesterday afternoon, injuring 20 passengers.

Children and adults were among those in the Chinese tour… Audio

A disability rights' advocate has described new changes to funded family care as "lipstick on a pig". The Associate Minister for Health Jenny Salesa yesterday announced it was dropping the minimum age… Audio

The Ministry of Health is warning hospitals about an outbreak of a deadly new virus in China, causing symptoms from fever to severe lung disease.

But experts say the Novel Coronavirus shouldn't be a… Audio

There's still no saying what caused an early morning inferno in a Christchurch boarding house, which claimed one life this morning. The single storey New Brighton property went up in flames just… Audio

As a Lyttelton berth designed to fit the worlds biggest cruise ships nears completion, there's concern there's been long-term damage to the local Hectors dolphins.

Researchers are worried the noisy… Audio

Every day we'll be checking in on what's going on in the regions in Aotearoa and the pacific. Today we check in on Canterbury with RNZ's Katie Todd. Audio

New Zealand's loyalty to lamb has pushed glazed ham out of prime place on at dining tables this Christmas.

Retail Meat's Christmas census of 1300 people has laid bare food plans and preferences for… Audio

Three women who say their daughters were abused by Peter Ellis say a possible Supreme Court appeal is taking them to breaking point.

The fomer Christchurch Civic Creche worker, who died in September… Audio

Moeraki locals are upset at the increasing amount of visitors etching their names into the famous boulders. They're asking DOC and the Waitaki District Council to put a stop to the behaviour, which… Audio

One of New Zealand's largest A&P shows, now know as the New Zealand Agricultural Show, gets underway today in Christchurch.

It's hoped 100,000 people will pour through the gates of the 157th… Audio

The effort to retrieve the body of a climber who fell to his death in the Remarkables near Queenstown yesterday began at 6am on Thursday.

Two climbers died on Wednesday when they fell hundreds of… Audio

A Christchurch woman who believes the Gumboot Fund saved her son's life is pleading for the government to prop it up. Audio

Criticism about unprofessional counselling and lengthy wait-lists has prompted the University of Canterbury to consider changes to its Health Centre.

Student magazine Canta says an overwhelming… Audio

Parcels stuffed with single-use plastic are landing in parliamentary post-boxes, sent from concerned Kiwis across the country. It's all part of a new movement, demanding the politicians put aside… Audio

Ten fresh faces and four returning councillors are set to make up the new Canterbury Regional Council. 39 hopefuls were in the running for 14 places at the table, in its first fully democratic… Audio