The Christchurch community has rallied around the grandmother of a special needs boy who's never been invited to a birthday party.

Man and woman from Kaiapoi remanded in custody after alleged police chase ends in car fire.

A 23-year-old man accused of leading police on a 50km rampage across North Canterbury and Christchurch yesterday has been remanded

A bar patron who was attacked by a knife-wielding robber at a Christchurch pub was saved by his wife who heard the scuffle from another room.

One person is dead after a house fire in the Canterbury suburb of Amberly.

Man sought over alleged gold fraud has flown to Vietnam, say police.

Canterbury woman knows some people might think she's crazy, but she reckons she saw elusive big black cat last month.

Two teens arrested over dairy robbery, with another being hunted by police.

Five male complainants allege that they were indecently assaulted by the man, who denies the allegations.

Police are seeking witnesses after a cyclist was knocked off her bike in Christchurch this morning.

Helicopters have been called in to fight a large bush fire on the Big Ben range in Rakaia Gorge.

The Earthquake Commission is downplaying a discrepancy where it failed to keep track of more than 2000 "remedial requests".

A Canterbury man has been charged with assaulting a three-month-old baby.

The theft of 500 cows from a large Ashburton dairy farm will cut this year's milk production by up to 200,000kg.

This is what police say drives Kiwi burglars.

A man who alleges he was the victim of a 16-hour Mongrel Mob bashing has had his interview with police, recorded just hours after the attack, played in court.

One person remains trapped in a vehicle and another has serious injuries after a crash in Christchurch tonight.

A drone operator who flew in restricted air space and got within 120m of a helicopter preparing to fight a forest fire has today escaped a conviction.

Police said they had received reports a man had made threats towards school staff.

An emergency services call out to Te Puna Wai youth justice facility last night was due to a group of girls huffing aerosol cans, police have confirmed.

A dairy farmer under financial pressure despite working 100-hour weeks has admitted breaking the tails of nearly 50 cows.

Shearers' quarters have been damaged by fire on a North Canterbury farm.

Nigel Gately was arrested for breaching his parole conditions and is now in custody.

A doctor wanted on a sex charge in the United States has won a reprieve in his fight to keep his New Zealand citizenship after a bungled attempt to revoke it by the Department of Internal Affairs.

A convicted rapist now being sought by police had been commended for his post-release progress only months before when the parole board said it did not need to see him again.

Police believe rapist and kidnapper Nigel Robert Gately may be in Marlborough.

Gloriavale teen Prayer Ready choked to death in an isolation room. Now, a daughter of the controversial leader says her mother would have been "told what to say".

A Timaru factory has been damaged after a heating unit used for plastics moulds caught fire.

A former principal of a Canterbury school facing child sex charges from the 1990s remains in custody.