Eating processed foods with little nutritional value may be making us mad as well as sick, new research shows.

One person remains trapped in a vehicle and another has serious injuries after a crash in Christchurch tonight.

Christchurch police have concerns for the safety of 80-year-old Vernon Robertson who has been reported missing.

Sherlock and Berlin are four and eight year-old chocolate labradors. They are two of more than 4600 labradors in the city, the most popular dog breed this year.

Suspected gang members raided serial burglar Luke Reich's home looking for stolen firearms while he was on remand in jail, The Star can reveal.

The flu has hit elderly Cantabrians hard in the last month, with the highest hospitalisation rates from the virus since 2012.

Environment Canterbury is publishing credit card expenditure on their website in a bid to increase its "openness and transparency."

Canterbury District Health Board members say an archaic piece of policy that gags them from speaking to media should be scrapped or reviewed.

Maddie Collins dreams of going to sleepovers with her friends, riding her pony and swimming without feeling sick.

Police have issued a warrant for man who sexually groomed a young teenage girl in 2007.

New Zealanders will light up the darkness on 17 mountaintops next month as a message of hope for families struggling to cope with suicides by loved ones.

Men use sledgehammer to smash into bakery and rob till.

Nigel Gately was arrested for breaching his parole conditions and is now in custody.

A convicted rapist now being sought by police had been commended for his post-release progress only months before when the parole board said it did not need to see him again.

Police have found four young people involved in an arson in Christchurch.

Police want to hear from anyone who recognises the people in recently released photos of armed robberies in Christchurch today.

A former principal of a Canterbury school facing child sex charges from the 1990s remains in custody.

After a week of chilly nights and soggy commutes to work, some Aucklanders made the most of a chance to be warm again.

A National MP's bill on lost and found luggage will go before Parliament at a cost of $43,000 an hour to pass into law.

A coroner has found no evidence to support claims that a husband ran over and killed his Christchurch schoolteacher wife deliberately or recklessly.

A young girl raped by a West Coast farm worker who fled to Australia days before his trial fears he will come looking for her once he's served his 10-year jail term.

Lianne Dalziel believes there is more work to do in quake-ravaged Christchurch.

Somalian refugee remains a "significant risk" to the public and requires more psychological treatment, parole board says.

The three men who allegedly attacked two brothers in Christchurch early Sunday morning have been found.

Police still investigating the 'tragic incident' that occurred near Rangiora on Friday.

Trio sought over assault that left pair in hospital with serious injuries.

A man has been critically injured in a crash between a car and a truck in Christchurch this afternoon.

Watch: Once a month, photographer Olivia Spencer-Bower will be recording as the workers slowly breathe life back into the Town Hall.

An event in Christchurch has kick-started the celebration of nation-wide access radio celebration campaign, The Big Listen.

Memories flooded back for Alan Frewer as he soared into the skies over North Canterbury in a Spitfire.