Latest from Christchurch

Four new Covid-19 cases in isolation; casual contact of community case on flight unwell

Person with symptoms in the Waikato who shared flight with a case; test result pending

Massey stabbing: '12 wounds in less than a minute' - Crown

'Like a hunter stalking his prey that morning': Crown says stabbing gratuitous, planned.

Country cricket wrap: Weedons suffer first loss for the season

Weedons lost by 105 runs to the resurgent Cheviot Magpies.

Investigation into under-fire city councillors 'ongoing'

Phil Mauger used a digger to make a trench in a bid to fix flooding on Pages Road.

Petition demands action over 'potentially hazardous' palm tree

The box, at the Palm Drive and Laguna Gardens intersection, has cracks along the side..

'Strangled with her own hoodie': 14-year-old girl attacked in Christchurch

The alleged assault happened at 3.35pm on Saturday.

Solutions to flooding in the east to be considered

The options are in response to several council resolutions from August last year.

'It's made people look at their lives': Post-Covid matchmaking service launched

Yvette Wright is single and looking out for Christchurch's hopeless romantics.

Delay in release from managed isolation for some foreign fishermen

The majority of the fishermen have now left managed isolation.

Banks Peninsula water supplies 'dropping'

Akaroa's cumulative rainfall this year is the lowest it has been in a decade.

Business Hub: The Kiwi-owned company that's one of our biggest builders

"We won't do every job but we can do any job we want" - Rick Herd.

Teacher jailed for sex with students to be freed from prison

Teacher sexually abused two schoolboys in what was described as "gross" offending.

Job cuts on the table at Christchurch City Council

If adopted the new structure would save between $600k and $700k.

Gerry Brownlee steps down as National Party deputy leader

The National MP lost the seat of Ilam.

PPE did not stop health workers catching Covid-19 from mariners

"We know this virus is tricky and has thwarted our systems before."

Christchurch Nomads gang killing: Cleared of murder, guilty of manslaughter

Shayne "Smiley" Heappey died in the 2018 knife attack.

Police still at scene of serious assault in Christchurch; person in critical condition

St Bernadette's School on Hei Hei road confirmed they are currently in lockdown.

Lyttelton cruise ship berth to open on time – but with zero bookings

The berth was expected to open at a ceremony later this month.