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Quake-damaged homes being used as toilets

Manning trial: Jury sent home for night

Jurors in the Ngatai 'Mellory' Manning murder trial have been sent home for the night, and will resume their deliberations tomorrow.

New mum's faith in humanity restored

Shannon Weir has been inundated with support and generosity after having her car stolen while going through a traumatic birth.

Kids significantly affected by quakes

The ongoing impacts of the Canterbury earthquakes are disproportionately impacting children from low-income families, with health problems and family violence on the rise, a new report says.

Jail for lengthy, brutal attack on pigs

A lifestyle block farmer who bashed two pigs with a heavy steel bar in a "prolonged and violent attack" in front of an upset teenage boy has been jailed today.

Aviation fuel spills into Lyttelton Harbour

About 1500 litres of aviation fuel leaked into Lyttelton Harbour after a storage tank was damaged by a landslip during the storm that hit the area earlier this week.

Murdered in 20 minutes

It took less than 20 minutes for the Mongrel Mob to pluck sex worker Ngatai 'Mellory' Manning off the street before raping, bashing, and murdering her, the Crown alleges.

Mellory Manning closing addresses adjourned

Rare mutated pollen links to gang pad

An extremely rare mutated grass pollen found on Mellory Manning's clothing matched samples taken from the Mongrel Mob gang pad where police say she was brutally murdered.

'They were looking for her'

A man who hired sex worker Mellory Manning on the night she was killed was unable to reach her by text later that night, the High Court at Christchurch has been told.

Cocktail of drugs consumed, court told

Christchurch sex worker Mellory Manning had consumed a variety of drugs in the days and hours before she was brutally murdered, a jury has been told today.

Man hurt in boat explosion in Canterbury

'Blood-curdling scream' heard

A witness who sold drugs to slain Christchurch sex worker Mellory Manning has described hearing a "blood-curdling" scream coming from the direction of a Mongrel Mob gang pad the night Mellory Manning was killed.

Victim killed at gang pad

Ngatai 'Mellory' Manning was raped, bashed, and stabbed at a Mongrel Mob gang pad before her mutilated body was dumped in a river, a court has heard today.

High-profile Christchurch murder trial to begin

The trial of a man charged with the murder of Christchurch prostitute Ngatai 'Mellory' Manning starts today.

'Man-made' quake stress: 6 more years

The initial trauma may be over but experts say earthquake-weary Christchurch residents will endure at least six years of "man-made" stressors as the region battles bureaucracy.