Prison beatings happen in New Zealand almost daily and only "good luck" stands in the way of more deaths.

The workers who prepared Christchurch's Hagley Oval for this year's Cricket Work Cup have been recognised for their outstanding work.

A second case of measles signals the disease has gained a foothold in Christchurch, health officials say.

The Quake Outcasts group have had a partial victory in their appeal against the Government's buyout offers following the Canterbury earthquakes.

A Taiwanese tourist driver and widow who killed her own father after running a stop sign has today been shown mercy by a judge.

An elderly woman has died at a Christchurch swimming pool today.

A serial streaker who ran naked across the pitch during the opening match of the Cricket World Cup has been fined $1500 for his 'idiotic and exhibitionist' stunt.

The display of a t-shirt that features a semi-naked nun and makes an obscene reference to Jesus has sparked a threat to call police and pleas for a boycott.

A Christchurch hotel says it has 'no active ghost' after a Pakistan cricket player complained he was traumatised by a supernatural presence in his hotel room.

Aftershocks are continuing to hit the West Coast and Canterbury after a major quake rocked the central South Island yesterday.

A senior police officer involved in the search for missing Christchurch rebuild worker Hayden Cossey has described the "absolute tragedy" of finding him dead at a remote rockfall.

Police have formally identified the body of missing man Hayden Cossey, recovered in Christchurch's Port Hills yesterday.

A man's body has been discovered in Christchurch's Port Hills, but police are not saying whether he is Hayden Cossey, who has been missing for more than two weeks.

Police are today focusing attention on the flat 33 year-old Hayden Cossey was living in before he disappeared.

Guests at a 6-year-old’s birthday party were shocked to see a mob brawling with police outside the property in Christchurch yesterday.

A Christchurch police officer ordered by the Employment Court to pay the police commissioner $115,000 has applied for a retrial.

A mother who endured the Canterbury earthquakes and then lost her 12-year-old daughter in a horrific car crash will give a keynote talk about resilience later this month.

The structural engineer who designed Christchurch's CTV Building has accepted his career is over after being suspended and ordered to pay $10,000.

Christchurch is progressing far too slowly. FESTA suggests a smart way forward to bring life back into the city.

Australian cricket legend Shane Warne has been announced as the guest of honour at next month's Cup Day horse racing in Christchurch.

A structural engineer who worked on Christchurch's CTV building has lost a legal bid to stop a disciplinary process into his work.

A bagpiper will lament the victims of the September 11 attacks in New York at a memorial at Christchurch today.

Four years ago today, Cantabrians were tossed out of their beds at 4.35am.

A woman injured when the car she was driving toppled from a car park building in Christchurch has now been released from Christchurch Hospital.

A lucky escape for the driver of this vehicle at a shopping mall in Christchurch after the vehicle exited the carpark through a barrier on the 2nd floor.