Work on historic Timeball tower - damaged in 2011 earthquake - to begin in July.

More than 11,000 hours of staff time went into putting out the devastating fires.

Driver has to carry a 'huge burden of guilt' says mother whose son died.

Challenge for Chch to work out "how do you get the old heart to beat inside its new skin".

Canterbury already has the second-fastest growing Maori population in the country.

Police thanked public for their help finding him

COMMENT: What sort of person would lie about their parents being involved in fatal crash?

The child was approached at a Lyttelton hotel, but managed to fight off her attacker.

The killer of Christchurch schoolgirl Louisa Damodran still needs "immense" rehabilitation

"I was in disbelief it was happening again. I went into shock."

Man followed girl for a kilometre before fleeing when she sought help from a passing car.

Elderly Christchurch woman's sudden death not suspicious, police confirm.

Police won't lay charges in relation to the quake death at St Christopher's Book Market.

COMMENT: The Cathedral has been left to rot for the past six years, six years too long.

Police say woman's footage helped in burglary arrest.

Christchurch martial arts schools run self-defence classes after abduction attempt.

Residents are sick and tired of young people parking up and smoking 'obscure substances'.

New Zealand's inner cities are a hot bed for violent crime, police statistics show.

Since 2015, the Riccarton bus lounge had been a hot-spot for trouble-causing youths.

Thieves are targeting everything from razor blades, meat, clothing, to petrol and tobacco.

Security guard at McCaw wedding held up five Canterbury pubs and shot two women

A man has been stabbed in the leg outside a Christchurch bus shelter.

New tourism data has revealed Christchurch is back on the itinerary for tourists.

A couple's passports and tickets to tonight's Lions match were stolen from their campervan

A 4.1 magnitude quake has been recorded near Christchurch.

A young girl who suffers from several medical ailments to be sent back to her birthplace.

Tonight's rugby - and most of the country - should stay dry over the next two days.

Allan Jordan Pope, 27, died after a crash on Charteris Bay Rd in Teddington.

The build-up to tonight's match in the Garden City is proving a welcome slice of fun.

58-year-old man died around lunchtime at Izone Business Park in Rolleston.