Seventeen children have been rescued and 11 arrested for sex abuse crimes committed overseas after a Kiwi man was investigated for trading in objectionable material.

The body of a deceased 27-year-old man has been found in a Christchurch reserve this morning.

A 19-year-old fleeing driver is facing a raft of charges after leading police on a chase through Christchurch early this morning.

Two people have been taken to hospital this evening following a two-car crash on Dilworth St, Christchurch.

Traffic has resumed to normal after two crashes that took place within five minutes of each other on either side of the State Highway 1 near Rolleston.

A man has been remanded in custody after a fire ripped through a Christchurch church yesterday.

Investigations are ongoing after multiple fires near Selwyn River, south of Christchurch.

Police have arrested a man in his 30s following a fire at St Margaret's Church in Christchurch this morning.

Police are on the lookout for a man who threatened a fast-food worker with a pocket knife in Christchurch this morning.

A teenage babysitter charged with murdering a 1-year-old Christchurch baby will stand trial from February 7 next year.

Were the quakes that struck Wairarapa today and Christchurch last night caused by the weather or planets ... or neither?

Thousands reported feeling the 4.7 quake that struck at a depth of seven kilometres, 10km southeast of Christchurch at 8:45pm.

Police were called to Worchester St earlier this morning where it was reported a 51-year-old intoxicated man was in possession of a firearm.

City Fitness will be investigating complaints made about gym selfies at the Christchurch gym on Moorhouse Ave.

Christchurch student recreates famous map of London Underground.

An elderly woman has been left with serious injuries after a dog attack in Christchurch.

A man who lured Christchurch schoolgirls with drugs in exchange for sexual favours must remain behind bars for at least another year.

Five fire crews are at the scene of a blaze that appears to have broken out in a campervan in Christchurch.

Firefighters are battling a vegetation blaze close to houses near Christchurch this evening.

A new aged-care hospital ward will be named in memory of a Kiwi soldier who was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in 2012.

Christchurch's earthquake-damaged Bridge of Remembrance has been reopened to the public today at a special Anzac Day ceremony.

Bill Mitchell was deemed "too old" to be a World War II fighter pilot, but he spent six years as an engineer repairing aircraft flown by New Zealand pilots.

A man has suffered stab wounds to his face, neck and arms after being attacked by a man who accused him of sleeping with his ex-partner.

Police are searching for a man who held up a Christchurch liquor store while brandishing a kitchen knife.

One person is in custody after a male was brought to a police station north of Christchurch suffering from stab wounds.

An alleged drink driver has been charged with mowing down a Christchurch pedestrian on Good Friday.

A Christchurch man caught masturbating at a girls softball game has appeared in court today.

Police are at a home this evening following the death. They were supporting the family of the child and investigating the death on behalf of the coroner.

Police are after a "short, tubby" middle-aged man who indecently assaulted a 14-year-old girl near a school today.

COMMENT: Understandably, some Cantabrians are feeling emotionally exhausted and worn out and are finding it hard to cope, writes Hugh Norriss.