A Christchurch teenager missing overnight has been found safe and well.

Sue Chapman regularly takes photos of her children and uploads them to her 6000-plus social media followers.

Ratepayers have put $70,000 toward an American conference in Christchurch this year, which charges up to $3495 for tickets.

Watching her sports mad son grow up Angela Dixon often wondered whether it was the right path for her son Elliot

A child murderer has again been denied his freedom, 20 years after he was first eligible for parole.

Frightening CCTV stills from the armed robbery of a Christchurch dairy have been released by police.

Money and cigarettes were demanded by the gun-toting offender.

Investigators seek cause of overnight blazes.

Three prisoners accused of murder after inmate dies in hospital.

Canterbury police have confirmed two 12-year-old boys missing since yesterday morning have been found.

A man has admitted stealing a car from a Christchurch drugs rehab centre.

A wanted man has cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and is believed to be on the run in Christchurch.

Accused denies murder of man whose body was found by a Canterbury lake.

Girls at a Christchurch high school have been told to wear longer skirts because they are distracting for male teachers and students.

Crown-company Otakaro spent $108,000 headhunting internationally for its chief executive, only to choose a locally based man.

Government agencies are being accused of playing "fast and loose" with taxpayer money.

Truck driver records moment car overtook him on bend, as oncoming driver has to take evasive action.

A man in his 60s who was injured in an electrical accident at a Christchurch fertiliser plant remains in intensive care at Middlemore Hospital.

Nasa's high-tech aeroplane flying out of NZ to study the skies of the Southern Hemisphere has been grounded after a crack was discovered in one of its engines.

The "treasured" two-year-old boy who died after being run over at a Christchurch stadium's carpark will be laid to rest today.

The toddler who died in a Christchurch stadium carpark was pinned between a van and a low fence.

The driver of a car which crashed, killing himself and a cyclist in Christchurch, wasn't wearing a seatbelt and was believed to have been drinking.

Canterbury basketball community offering its support to the family of a 2-year-old boy who died last night after being run over at a Christchurch stadium carpark.

A child has died after being hit by a car in a carpark in Christchurch.

Two people are dead after a two vehicles and a cyclist collided in Christchurch.

Delays expected after collision in Christchurch.

Five other workers treated for smoke inhalation as incident unfolded at Christchurch's Ravensdown fertiliser facility.

Yunjuan Li pleaded guilty to six charges of supplying false or misleading information to an immigration officer.

Fifteen-year-old Shayden Bodsworth was reported missing near the Bealey Ave and Colombo St intersection at about 5.00pm today.