Cup Day 2020: Christchurch flocks to sold-out Addington
12,000 tickets sold for prestigious social and sporting event.
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$10m Christchurch youth hub takes major step forward
The development will provide accommodation for up to 40 young people in need.
Seal pup euthanised after being run over on Christchurch beach
The pup was found on the beach last Thursday afternoon.
Picturesque Canterbury movie theatre to reopen after $3.6m restoration
The newly restored Mayfair Arts and Culture Centre will open this month.
Flatmate kidnapped, shot. All over $600
Chantel Anderson wanted vengeance and reached for her gun.
Christchurch Hospital worker knits dogs to comfort children
The toys are given to some of the hospital's child patients, aged between four and 10.
Sexual health clinic opened to support Canterbury youth
The clinic will run as a six month trial.
Last call for Mavis: Canterbury pub sold
Mavis and her husband Neville have sold the pub they have owned for 30 years.
Four new Covid-19 cases in isolation; casual contact of community case on flight unwell
Person with symptoms in the Waikato who shared flight with a case; test result pending
Massey stabbing: '12 wounds in less than a minute' - Crown
'Like a hunter stalking his prey that morning': Crown says stabbing gratuitous, planned.
Country cricket wrap: Weedons suffer first loss for the season
Weedons lost by 105 runs to the resurgent Cheviot Magpies.
Investigation into under-fire city councillors 'ongoing'
Phil Mauger used a digger to make a trench in a bid to fix flooding on Pages Road.
Petition demands action over 'potentially hazardous' palm tree
The box, at the Palm Drive and Laguna Gardens intersection, has cracks along the side..
'Strangled with her own hoodie': 14-year-old girl attacked in Christchurch
The alleged assault happened at 3.35pm on Saturday.
Solutions to flooding in the east to be considered
The options are in response to several council resolutions from August last year.
'It's made people look at their lives': Post-Covid matchmaking service launched
Yvette Wright is single and looking out for Christchurch's hopeless romantics.
Delay in release from managed isolation for some foreign fishermen
The majority of the fishermen have now left managed isolation.
Buyers snap up quintessential Canterbury baches
Demand for baches in Canterbury's prime holiday spots is heating up.
No means no: Tinder rapist 'too dangerous' for parole
A woman raped by her Tinder date has spoken after he was deemed too dangerous for parole.
Weather: Wet for most, chilly for the south
There's snow on the way for some alpine passes as a cold front hits the South Island.
A Moment In Crime Podcast: Hell in paradise - the Aramoana massacre
A Moment In Crime episode 13 looks back at the 1990 Aramoana mass shooting and siege.
Russian mariner dies in Lyttelton of 'natural causes'
The man did not have Covid-19, and spent his two weeks' managed isolation in Auckland.
'Vapefree' public spaces being considered in Christchurch
Fifteen other councils have already included vaping in their smokefree policies.
Banks Peninsula water supplies 'dropping'
Akaroa's cumulative rainfall this year is the lowest it has been in a decade.
Revealed: Which DHBs have toughened cataract surgery thresholds
Each DHB sets its own threshold for surgery - find out how yours compares.
Business Hub: The Kiwi-owned company that's one of our biggest builders
"We won't do every job but we can do any job we want" - Rick Herd.
Teacher jailed for sex with students to be freed from prison
Teacher sexually abused two schoolboys in what was described as "gross" offending.
Job cuts on the table at Christchurch City Council
If adopted the new structure would save between $600k and $700k.
Gerry Brownlee steps down as National Party deputy leader
The National MP lost the seat of Ilam.
PPE did not stop health workers catching Covid-19 from mariners
"We know this virus is tricky and has thwarted our systems before."
Christchurch Nomads gang killing: Cleared of murder, guilty of manslaughter
Shayne "Smiley" Heappey died in the 2018 knife attack.
Police still at scene of serious assault in Christchurch; person in critical condition
St Bernadette's School on Hei Hei road confirmed they are currently in lockdown.
Lyttelton cruise ship berth to open on time – but with zero bookings
The berth was expected to open at a ceremony later this month.