Elisabeth Easther checks out the wine and produce in the Gateway to North Canterbury.

Electricity remains out for 1000 homes in Canterbury after last week's storm battered the network.

The search is on for the people who shaved a family cat in Christchurch and marked a swastika on its back.

Two men have been sentenced to life in prison for the "execution-style'' murder of a farm worker in Canterbury in February 2012.

About 5000 Canterbury earthquake claims remain incomplete, unresolved or not scheduled for completion, according to figures from the Insurance Council of New Zealand.

A bracing southerly rushing over New Zealand this morning - bringing storms, gales, snow, and hail - will be a short, sharp cold snap, weather forecasters say.

A truck laden with newspapers ignited in a dramatic fire in Canterbury early this morning.

The earthquake-damaged Christchurch Town Hall has been saved after city councillors unanimously voted in favour of a $127.5 million full restoration plan today.

Winston Aldworth takes some unique tours of a re-shaped Christchurch.

A man has died this morning after he was run over by farm machinery on a North Canterbury property.

The Government has confirmed it will appeal a landmark High Court decision which ordered it to reconsider an offer for vacant, uninsured red-zoned land.

The Government has lost a landmark legal battle over its 50 per cent offer for vacant red-zoned Christchurch land and uninsured properties.

A jury is deciding whether a Christchurch drilling boss who detained two thieves caught siphoning fuel did so legally and with reasonable force.

Christchurch jurors waiting for a trial to begin are rudely interrupted by a woman who burst into the jury room and locked herself in the toilet.

Christchurch's Student Volunteer Army has adapted its mandate from providing quake relief to a more long-term community service model.

A Christchurch pensioner "roughed up'' by armed police while protecting his quake-hit property has welcomed watchdog findings which slams the officers' actions.

Earthquake Minister Gerry Brownlee has hinted he will not interfere with the rebuild of Christchurch's Town Hall.

An aerial grand traverse of Mt Cook offers a new high peak perspective, writes Paul Rush.