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

A wife jailed for stabbing her husband to death has been denied parole for a third time.

A Christchurch bar was not happy after a party of 40 booked - but only half showed up.

Daycare centre co-owned by All Black Israel Dagg and wife Daisy opens in Christchurch.

The men threatened staff at the Golden Mile Tavern before making off with cash.

Christchurch woman jailed six years plus after strangling boyfriend with computer cord.

Mark Cropp has accepted an offer to undergo free laser tattoo removal.

Companies are offering their support for an ex-prisoner who wants to turn his life around.

Mark Cropp's face reads 'Devast8' - ink he says he got while drunk in prison.

Richard James Johnson was struck in the suburb of Sydenham yesterday.

Police are concerned for the well-being of a 15-year-old missing since Tuesday night.

Mother 'embarrassed', 'traumatised' after being asked to breastfeed in cafe toilet.

The crash happened on Huxley St in Sydenham.

Cold weather, police and a rather long trip are no barrier to a homeless man's journey.

She has plead guilty to manslaughter.

Those living nearby are being kept up by revving, skidding, racing and burnouts.

Aliielua Salaivao killed himself and Michael Burnby when he drove drunk in 2015

Interactive documentary shows scale of Kaikoura rebuild

A Kiwi tech company is helping solve the problem of safely disposing nuclear waste.

Kiwi sports fans have thanked Team New Zealand heroes on air today.

It may be snow-go for some motorists this week, with white stuff on the way.

Christchurch Police have serious concerns for a man missing for more than a week.

A chunk of busy State Highway 1 near Christchurch has been closed after a crash.

Transience has hit a record high in low-decile schools as the housing crisis hits children

The false declaration had the potential to create a serious biosecurity breach.

Detectives investigate whether alleged attack on cop mistaken identity or more sinister.

Family of Taylor Marsters, 9, are "broken-hearted" after he died of an asthma attack.

Players in Palmerston North and Christchurch have won Lotto's First Division tonight.

A receptionist who stole $133,000 from a Christchurch rebuild company has been sentenced.

Twenty tickets given out during a sting to try and stop red light-runners near a school.