A Christchurch memorial for New Zealand’s deadliest fire has been ransacked by thieves. Twenty-three of the 41 individual bronze plaques for victims of the Ballantynes fire were missing when NZME visited Bromley’s Ruru Lawn Cemetery this morning.

When we step off the plane in Christchurch, expecting the cooler weather, it's 30C, which makes us question the accuracy of our parents' New Zealand memories. The city feels quaint with its gently winding river, the cathedral and mock-Tudor restaurant Tiffanys.

A Maine coon cat named Mittens clocked up some serious air miles this month after being left on an Air New Zealand flight and accidentally flown to Australia and back. Mittens’ owner, Margo Neas, described the events as “both distressing and unacceptable” after paying $1948 to have her feline flown to Australia.

A person has been found dead in the search for a swimmer missing at a Christchurch beach. A man's body was found at Southshore Spit, where the swimmer was last seen on Thursday afternoon, police confirmed. Police said the person was believed to be the man who went missing.

Directors Lindsay Utz and Michelle Walshe provide a window into Jacinda Ardern's work and life choices during her five-year term as her country's head of government.

Two years after her shocking decision to resign as prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern is set to publish a memoir about her eventful time in office.

For the first time in 30 years, the English punk rock band will visit New Zealand in April for a run of shows, starting on April 2nd at Auckland Town Hall.

Air New Zealand’s latest addition, an ATR 72-600 registered as ZK-MZG, made its first scheduled flight from Christchurch to Invercargill today. It was the 30th aircraft of its type in the airline’s fleet and is the first equipped with Pratt & Whitney PW127XT engines,

The New Zealand Breakers' inability to close out matches continues to plague them, after being edged 93-87 by the Brisbane Bullets in Christchurch on Friday night.

Mittens was flown three times between New Zealand and Australia after being forgotten in a plane's cargo hold.

The 8-year-old Maine Coon unintentionally traveled back and forth between New Zealand and Australia after being overlooked in a plane's cargo hold.