After travel plans were made, the wife found out her husband was planning to leave her.

Thousands have reported feeling the two big quakes in Canterbury.

Witnesses said the Givealittle recipient came close to hitting several children playing on the footpath.

Travel is safer now, so fewer of us are dying in large-scale disasters, but climate change could reverse the trend.

Multiple firearms were recovered by police, along with quantities of methamphetamine and cannabis.

No parole for man who kidnapped and stabbed pie delivery driver Marteine Robin in March 2012.

A St Albans business made just $40 a day while cycleway upgrades removed parking from the shop.

A dognapped pooch sold within hours of going missing is back with her family.

Cathay Pacific is planning direct flights between Christchurch and Hong Kong.

A Christchurch family is pleading for the safe return of their son's ashes after burglars stole them.

A crowd funding page has been set up to raise a reward, after a brutal horse death in Burwood.

Christchurch residents are being asked to conserve water while water levels are restored following the Port Hills fires.

A person was unloading goods when they were hit by another truck in Christchurch.

Eleven cordons are still up and 150 firefighters on the ground in Christchurch.

Two lucky Lotto players have scooped $3.8 million tonight.

While cordons on the Port Hills have been relaxed, Civil Defence says non-residents are still banned from the area

Hero chopper pilot Steve Askin was a man who valued serving others, father Paul says.

Chris Buick's attack on his heavily-pregnant former partner only stopped when she lay on the ground and pretended to be dead.

A woman was able to flee a sexually motivated assault, by biting the man who was attacking her.

A Christchurch doctor will go to trial this year on charges he indecently assaulted male patients.

Effort to cap rates didn't quite work out as planned this year.

Firefighting operations could continue at Port Hills for up to a month.

A FedEx package was sent from Venezuela to Rakaia in Canterbury which police believed was full of cocaine.

Two US passengers from the cruise ship remain in Christchurch Hospital.

Courtney Whitaker steps back into Christchurch's history and sees its future.

These sisters will grow up wondering what their big brother would have been like.

People affected by fires may be entitled to free doctor visits.

COMMENT: Yesterday our nation paused just before one o'clock to remember.

Burned vegetation clear in satellite images of Christchurch Port Hills.

Prime Minister pays tribute to 185 lives taken by quake as families and loved ones mark sixth anniversary.