Deficiencies found in rest homes

Two of the four New Zealanders who have died from coronavirus were residents at Rosewood Rest Home in Christchurch.

6:59 PM  All aged-care homes will be assessed after three coronavirus clusters and two deaths.

No evidence terrorist prayed at mosque

Police say the gunman parked across the street from the Masjid Al Noor before the March 15 2019 attack.

An extensive investigation found no evidence the gunman entered the mosque or its grounds before March 15.

Kiwis stuck in Philippines 'forgotten'

Leah Rowbotham and Jamie Lopez are frustrated at a lack of Government support after getting stranded in the Philippines ...

NZ tourists desperate to escape a country where lockdown breakers could be shot by police.

Broadcasting from the bubble

To get her audio quality just right, What Now presenter Erin Wells has resorted to recording under her duvet.

What Now hadn't missed a live show in 39 years, but coronavirus has ended that streak.

Tech expert digs in for uni helpers

Guy and Rose Horrocks at an Anzac service at the Rockefeller Centre in New York.

Guy Horrocks escaped a coronavirus epicentre and is now helping volunteers reach the needy.

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Hospitality hangs in the balance video

Cafe Valentino has been part of the Christchurch restaurant scene for almost 30 years but, along with about 18,000 other ...

Bars, cafes and restaurants face $1 billion in losses and new ways of doing business.

Easter eggs delivered with drone video

Rory Gilmore attaches a bag with Easter eggs to deliver to his grandchildren, via drone.

Hazel Wilson and Rory Gilmore sent a drone to ensure their grandchildren still got chocolate eggs this Easter.

Second Rosewood resident dies

Twenty people from a dementia unit at the Rosewood Rest Home have been moved to isolation at Burwood Hospital.

A man's death, the second linked to a Christchurch rest home, has been labelled a "tragedy waiting to happen".

Person struck by bus in Chch

Warrington St and Hills Rd in Mariehau, where the crash happened (file photo).

One person was seriously injured after the bus hit a pedestrian.

14 cases at rest home cluster

There are four confirmed and ten probable cases of coronavirus at George Manning Lifecare & Village in Christchurch.

George Manning is the second rest home cluster in Canterbury.

What happens if deer aren't hunted

A trio of wild red deer stags make their way across mountainous terrain in Canterbury's High Country. Hunters won't ...

The Roar is off. Will deer numbers explode?

Ski season faces 'biggest challenge'

Will skifields like Mt Hutt be open this winter and if so, how? Only time will tell.

Southern ski resorts hope to be open this winter, but the future remains uncertain.

From rock guitarist to marae orator

Jimmy Brennan took on responsibility as the family and marae speaker after his father, Hori Brennan, died in 1992.

OBITUARY: Watching the legends of 70s rock on the big screen sparked a life-long love of music for Jimmy Brennan.

Christchurch – city of resilience?

Recently built bars and restaurants along The Terrace are especially hard hit by the lockdown with no customers to help ...

Earthquakes, fire, a massacre and now coronavirus. How will Christchurch overcome tragedy yet again?

'Oxygen cut off' for businesses

260320. News. Photo: John Kirk Anderson. New Regent Street in Christchurch on Thursday morning, the first day of the ...

Businesses on the brink in Canterbury as coronavirus crisis stokes fear of 35,000 job losses.

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Dementia patient's lockdown struggle

Lyn Vida has spent lockdown separated from her husband of 30 years, Mike, finding him a rest home with dementia-level care.

Mike Vida worked for Civil Defence, but his wife now must remind him what a state of emergency is.

'Idiotic' trio run out of petrol video

Three people tried to drive from Dunedin to Blenheim and back, breaking lockdown rules. They ran out of gas in Timaru.

Hospitality hangs in the balance video

Easter eggs delivered with drone video

The Rebuild

Insurance class action delayed

A class action alleges Southern Response misled customers by withholding the true cost of rebuilding their quake-damaged ...

A lawsuit on behalf of 300 customers claims quake rebuild costs worth millions were concealed.

Christchurch – city of resilience?

Recently built bars and restaurants along The Terrace are especially hard hit by the lockdown with no customers to help ...

Earthquakes, fire, a massacre and now coronavirus. How will Christchurch overcome tragedy yet again?

EQC's costly failures laid bare

16092015. News Photo. Stacy Squires/Fairfax NZ.
$60 foundation repair. Rory White Christchurch home owner got an ...

EQC report's "grave concerns" about botched quake repairs vindicates campaigners.

EQC wildly unprepared for quakes

An extensive investigation has found EQC was poorly prepared and hamstrung when the Canterbury quakes hit.

Apologetic EQC suggests it may never manage repairs again, after inquiry finds it was hamstrung when the Canterbury quakes hit.

'The earthquake didn't break me. EQC almost did'

The independent public report into EQC attracted nearly 1000 written submissions plus face-to-face feedback at public forums.

Homeowners describe the shattering toll of the quake claims process on their health and finances.

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Agility required for economic rebuild

Goldsmith: ''If the level four, three and two system that we've created is unnecessarily clunky and rigid, we should ...

OPINION: NZ should move just as fast out of lockdown as it did into lockdown, National's finance spokesman Paul Goldsmith says.

Communicating the coronavirus evidence

Siouxsie Wiles is presented with the 
Prime Minister's Science Prize, by PM John Key, in 2013.

OPINION: There will always be gaps in our knowledge.

The week in review

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern fronts a Covid-19 press conference. International media are praising her leadership.

OPINION: A review of the week's events.

Covid's ugly snitching culture

Naughty Health Minister David Clark in hot water for breaching the lockdown rules.

OPINION: Our "hero" health workers are not stretched.

Somewhere on the road

On the road again. I just can't wait to get on the road again.

SATIRE: Simon Bridges chairs the Epidemic Response Committee from where?

business

Insurance class action delayed

A class action alleges Southern Response misled customers by withholding the true cost of rebuilding their quake-damaged ...

A lawsuit on behalf of 300 customers claims quake rebuild costs worth millions were concealed.

Christchurch – city of resilience?

Recently built bars and restaurants along The Terrace are especially hard hit by the lockdown with no customers to help ...

Earthquakes, fire, a massacre and now coronavirus. How will Christchurch overcome tragedy yet again?

'Oxygen cut off' for businesses

260320. News. Photo: John Kirk Anderson. New Regent Street in Christchurch on Thursday morning, the first day of the ...

Businesses on the brink in Canterbury as coronavirus crisis stokes fear of 35,000 job losses.

EQC's costly failures laid bare

16092015. News Photo. Stacy Squires/Fairfax NZ.
$60 foundation repair. Rory White Christchurch home owner got an ...

EQC report's "grave concerns" about botched quake repairs vindicates campaigners.

Queenstown's post-lockdown plan

The La Quinta by Wyndham hotels and residences are under construction at Remarkables Park, Queenstown.

Big Queenstown projects are being planned to bring tourists back, including a new conference centre, gondola and community centre.

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Jacinda Ardern scolds Crusaders

Crusaders first-five Richie Mo'unga explains his side of the story on Instagram, saying it was not an organised session.

A group of Crusaders training together during the Covid-19 lockdown set a poor example, PM said.

Crusaders: Arrogant or ignorant? video

Crusaders players filmed by Newshub training together in breach of lockdown rules.

OPINION: Champs look chumps as they flout coronavirus rules to put us all at risk of tougher measures.

Crusaders flout lockdown rules

Crusaders players were filmed by Newshub training together in breach of lockdown rules.

Players from Super Rugby's defending champions caught training together in a Christchurch park.

David Havili: 'It was really crazy'

Crusaders fullback David Havili posted this photo of himself in hospital during his recovery.

Crusaders star David Havili had a 20cm infection removed from his bowel, and has revealed how close he was to losing his entire bowel.

Mo'unga and wife announce pregnancy

Richie Mo'unga and wife Sophie are expecting their first baby later this year.

All Blacks and Crusaders first-five Richie Mo'unga and wife Sophie announce they're pregnant with a baby girl.

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Broadcasting from the bubble

To get her audio quality just right, What Now presenter Erin Wells has resorted to recording under her duvet.

What Now hadn't missed a live show in 39 years, but coronavirus has ended that streak.

Lockdown: every day is like Sunday

Christchurch Town Hall, September 1972: this feels strangely familiar.

OPINION: Lockdown life has changed everything, but it does have a whiff of Christchurch in 1972 about it.

Delivering $10,000 worth of groceries

For Harpreet Singh, a simple question led to an intiative helping people across New Zealand.

He'd just finished praying when they approached with guns. It led him to a new start in NZ, and now Hapreet Singh is helping others.

Supermarket workers' tales from the front lines

Denielle Wano postponed her birthday trip to Bali, and came into work instead.

'Every time I iron my shirt, it's like getting ready to go to war.'

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