A man caught masturbating at a teenage girls' softball game has been sentenced to 12-months intensive supervision.

An office administrator bullied, abused and sexually harassed by her boss has been awarded $18,000 in compensation.

Christchurch's Redcliffs School will stay open, it has been announced.

Firefighters fear a person may be trapped inside a rural North Canterbury home that is engulfed by fire.

The man accused of murdering Christchurch woman Renee Duckmanton can be named.

Man sought over car theft.

Christchurch taxi drivers have hit the streets today in protest of global ride-share giant Uber.

A man has died in a crash in Selwyn, Canterbury after two cars collided on West Coast Rd in Kirwee shortly after 5pm.

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Investigators seek cause of overnight blazes.

Three prisoners accused of murder after inmate dies in hospital.

A road rage driver who chased a "frightened" woman for 17km after she flashed her lights at him for driving on high beam has pleaded guilty to intimidation today.

Accused denies murder of man whose body was found by a Canterbury lake.

Girls at a Christchurch high school have been told to wear longer skirts because they are distracting for male teachers and students.

Government agencies are being accused of playing "fast and loose" with taxpayer money.

Fast-acting parents are thought to have curbed the spread of whooping cough from a Christchurch primary school.

Keagan Girdlestone came close to death after slamming into the back of a suddenly-braking race vehicle.

A former principal of a Canterbury school facing child sex charges from the 1990s lost name suppression today.

The rebuild of Canterbury's schools has been allocated more than $276 million over four years as part of Budget 2016.

In his latest venture, the down-to-earth Kiwi is taking a 10 per cent stake in Canterbury's SOL Quarries.

The arrest of a Kiwi online predator helped authorities in the US nab a child sex offender.

Air New Zealand has partnered with Christchurch-based company Invert Robotics to trial robotic inspections of its planes.

Whether it's adventure or relaxation you're after, there's heaps to do in Hanmer.

An autumnal visit to relaxing Hanmer Springs is just what the doctor ordered.

Beau the dog was heard barking by neighbours for days until the Fire Service arrived at the property on Esk Valley Road this afternoon.

Police have confiscated an estimated $4.3 million worth of psychoactive substances during the largest seizure of synthetic drugs last week.

Renee Duckmanton, whose body was burned and dumped on a rural Canterbury road, was last seen in Christchurch's red light district on Saturday night.

This afternoon on NZ Herald Focus, we have the latest on the woman found dead on Main Rakaia Rd - Renee Duckmanton.

Police are investigating whether a young woman's role as a sex worker is connected to her death after her burnt body was found on a rural Canterbury road.