Woman denies Christmas Day murder.

A convicted killer has today admitted going on a prison rampage that caused $6000 worth of damage in December.

Businessman charged with paying underage girls for sex can now be named.

The report into the effectiveness of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority is unbalanced and misses the point, Minister Gerry Brownlee says.

A person is dead after a shed fire in Christchurch this morning.

Details of a police shooting in Christchurch on Saturday night will be kept hidden for at least a week after a court imposed a blanket

The young son of murder victim Alexsis Tovizi is among scores of traumatised children in desperate need of counselling after last November's earthquake.

COMMENT: Many people seem to freeze like a possum in the headlights at the idea of reading their insurance policy.

A 24-year-old Christchurch man who was shot by police this morning has been charged with pointing a firearm at police. Police shot

Three ambulances take crash injured to hospital.

Concerts and other events could be held in the residential red zone to take pressure off Hagley Park.

The third serious house fire in Canterbury this week has badly damaged a home. Police suspect arson.

The weather's going to be (finally) glorious for most of the country.

An 18-year-old man has been arrested in relation to a serious assault on a man in Christchurch last week.

Kiwi scientists have reconstructed more than 34 million years of our climate - including a period when New Zealand was up to 8C warmer - using 2000 samples of fossilised tree pollen.

Firefighters were forced to break into a Bishopdale flat prevent a fire while the couple inside slept.

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

Former employees of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority will be probed over allegations they used their positions to benefit their private property dealings.

Court staff across NZ have been issued a reminder to adhere to a long-forgotten protocol designed to prevent lawyers from "judge shopping".

$100 is up for grabs for anyone who can find another intersection in Christchurch which has the same amount of lanes and no traffic lights as this dangerous junction.

A treasurer of a popular West Coast speedway who stole more than $6000 in club cash has today avoided a jail sentence after repaying

A man has fled on a bike after an aggravated robbery at a Christchurch petrol station.

Pupils at a low decile Christchurch school will return to school this week excited to see brand new classrooms being built with high-tech materials.

Insurers IAG and Tower are headed to court to challenge the Earthquake Commission's payouts for Canterbury earthquake claimants.

Further mediation at Lyttelton Port Co's container terminal has failed to reach a settlement.

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

Police have arrested a 47-year-old man accused of robbing a Christchurch bank and fleeing on a mountain bike.

A close family member of a businessman who died worth $100m is expected to face drugs charges in Christchurch.

The fight for a better summer is going all the way to the Beehive.

A fully autonomous, driverless shuttle, which will carry up to 15 people, has been introduced at Christchurch Airport today.