Organisers clamp down on drunken behaviour at Christchurch race day.

Police officer says in 23 years of policing, confrontational Gun City owner "would have been one of worst people he's ever dealt with".

Security for this year's week-long racing carnival will be dramatically increased and patrons affected by alcohol will be denied entry.

Christchurch man allegedly gave marijuana to the 13-year-old boys at his house so they would be stoned enough to sleep with him.

Ellie Otineru learned she was pregnant with her third child two weeks after her partner's sudden death.

A passenger has described the dramatic scenes when a bomb threat was made against a plane from Palmerston North to Christchurch this afternoon.

A fault that has cut power to more than 1600 properties in Lyttelton might not be fixed until tonight.

A person is trapped after a three-car crash in Christchurch.

A man who led police on a dangerous 50km rampage through roadblocks, road works, a golf course and private houses has been jailed for three years.

Relief could be on the way.

Fifteen-year-old John did what he says he has done many times before. He broke into a car and stole it. He explains why.

From next year, all Selwyn House School pupils from the pre-school to Year 8 will be taught mechatronics.

Three men appeared in court today after a series of drug raids across Christchurch by police yesterday.

Cash, methamphetamine, vehicles, synthetic drugs and at least one firearm were seized following a major police bust in Christchurch.

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.

There were plenty of celebrations on this side of the Tasman for the 156th Melbourne Cup.

A Christchurch man doesn't want to lay charges after being shot in the eye when he told a gunman "you may as well shoot me".

Digging up the body of a young Christchurch father five years after his death would be a "significant breach" of Maori custom, a court

A man's been admitted to Christchurch Hospital with a gunshot wound.

Digging up a young Christchurch father five years after he died would be "really unpleasant" and "devastating" for his whanau, a court

Jake Bailey inspired the world with an inspirational speech to schoolmates after being diagnosed with cancer. Now, he has signed a book deal.

Top criminal defence lawyer Steven Rollo has appeared in the Christchurch District Court today on methamphetamine charges.

A woman who wants to exhume the body of her partner says she was 'sidelined' by his family during the funeral arrangements.

Two families fighting over whether a young father's body should be exhumed so that he can be cremated have rejected a judge's offer to settle behind closed doors.

A man has been arrested after allegedly threatening staff with a suspicious bag in Christchurch this evening.

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The incident in January was investigated, but in September police said no charges would be laid against the officers as there was "insufficient evidence".

An anonymous driver has added insult to injury by denting a Christchurch paramedic's car, then leaving her a note calling her car a "piece of s***".

Meridian chief executive Mark Binns says he wants to see the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter stay, "but not at any cost".

A group of Scott Watson supporters today began a series of marches to highlight their case that he is wrongly imprisoned for the Marlborough Sounds murders.