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

Residents whose homes were destroyed in the Port Hills fires are considering legal action.

New tourism data has revealed Christchurch is back on the itinerary for tourists.

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

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

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.

Firefighters are pulling back from the Worsleys area, as the situation in Christchurch continues to improve.

Watch live: For the sixth anniversary of the February 2011 earthquake the new Canterbury Earthquake Memorial wall is being unveiled today.

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.

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".

Veteran activist John Minto has put up his hand to run against Lianne Dalziel for the Christchurch mayoralty.

The Christchurch city council is facing a multi-billion dollar problem as it tries to find an insurer and options to cover the network of underground pipes.

A trial to install a security camera in a residential Christchurch suburb to deter sex workers from plying their trade has been extended.

The rebuild of Canterbury's schools has been allocated more than $276 million over four years as part of Budget 2016.