Elizabeth McCombs crushed her opponents to become New Zealand's first female MP.

Church urged to restore cathedral.

People will be able to book and drive the electric cars.

Christchurch Airport pays special dividend as record passengers drive 50% profit gain.

A bare bottom hippo, a sewage plant photo shoot, and a dog wandering into the local pub.

A rental house in an upmarket subdivision has neighbours upset.

The region has now officially entered a recovery phase with team assessing the damage.

People are urged to stay well away from flooded roads with water levels remaining high.

Evacuees from near Heathcote river should stay away tonight as waters set to rise again

Working group recommends $105m "reinstatement" of earthquake-crippled cathedral

Twenty Christchurch properties previously acquired by the Crown could become the councils.

Rain continues to fall in Christchurch but Canterbury escapes worst of Cyclone Debbie

Police may seek a bylaw change to move on troublesome youth.

Shoppers in the big centres won't be able to spend up during Easter stat days.

Six homes are less than 200m away from Winstone Aggregate's Yaldhurst quarry on Old West Coast Rd.

Amazing aerial footage shows the extent of the fire damage in the Port Hills.

Effort to cap rates didn't quite work out as planned this year.

Burned vegetation clear in satellite images of Christchurch Port Hills.

Despite the progress, there was still a high risk of flare-ups and forecast weather conditions may present challenges.

People, including Defence Force firefighters, and equipment is being deployed to help contain the wildfires.

Community Board member Darrell Latham knows the relocation of the school is a difficult decision but says it is the wrong one.

The Christchurch City council has nearly spent $1 million on land to create a new car park in Sumner.

A new report has found it would cost more than $250million to repair Christchurch's earthquake-battered Lancaster Park.

Exhumation is a "very difficult and very unpleasant" process that is deeply upsetting for family members, the trial into whether the body of Jamie Pooley should be dug up has heard.

Official documents have revealed for the first time what contributed to the convention centre deal between the Government and Plenary Conventions NZ.

As consultation opens on an oil and gas drilling plan, some city councillors are now questioning if the Government will listen to what they say.

The city council is busy negotiating with an insurer again - this time over the town hall.

A revised plan to retain vehicle access on Victoria St has jumped its first hurdle, in spite of a petition pushing to make the area car-free.

Contractors have today started digging up the site of the Canterbury Television building as part of the ongoing police probe to see if anyone is criminally liable for the disaster.

City council is defending it's decision to renegotiate spending on anchor projects, in spite of being warned it's "repeating the mistakes of the past".