Christchurch bashing victim smiles for family.

The CDHB will not renew its contract with Compass Group, the supplier which sparked street protests in Dunedin.

Police claim group threatened to cut power to elderly victims if payment wasn't made.

Office worker changes plea in theft case.

The mum searching for her son's stolen ashes has been going to pawn shops in a bid to find clues.

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.

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 couple have been the victims of a brutal attack after a music festival.

A fire service spokesman said the injured person suffered burns to their arm.

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.

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.

Amazing aerial footage shows the extent of the fire damage in the Port Hills.

Police are appealing for information on the death of Nicole Morris last month.

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.