Kenny Rao gets a second shot at proposing today after fearing his $27,000 engagement ring was lost in the Christchurch earthquake.

Parramatta fullback Jarryd Hayne will miss two NRL matches after he accepted the early guilty plea on his headbutting charge today.

The Civil Defence is working to stem flooding near the Avon River mouth to the estuary in Christchurch this morning.

Authorities in quake-damaged Christchurch are looking to get the city's tourism industry back on track with a new "roadmap to recovery".

New Zealand's wedding gift to Prince William and Catherine Middleton will be a $10,000 donation to the Christchurch Earthquake appeal.

Malcolm George Chaston has been sentenced to preventive detention for murdering Christchurch woman Vanessa Anne Pickering, whose body was found down a bank near Christchurch's Godley Head more than a year ago.

Christchurch's CTV will be back on air tonight for the first time since February's earthquake.

All details relating to an incident for which a woman faced two serious charges were suppressed at a sitting of Christchurch District Court in Rangiora today.

A 21-year-old disqualified drunk driver has been charged with manslaughter over the weekend incident.

Tech editor turned to providing news sheets for embattled residents.

Charlotte Randall is a Christchurch-based author whose latest novel, Hokitika Town (Penguin, $30), is on the best-seller list.

Julie Kathryn Wong, 37, died when the Pyne Gould Guinness building collapsed during the earthquake.

A woman has been charged with attempted murder after she and two children were hospitalised with suspected carbon monoxide poisoning early this morning. She will appear in court on Monday.