Members of a top Christchurch football club have been blasted for their actions on a flight.

A teenager has been taken to hospital after suffering burns while trying to start a fire using petrol.

Envirowaste must pay a truck driver $32,300 after he was fired for a drug test that showed up positive for cannabis.

WATCH: The Christchurch Brick Show attracted thousands of spectators which featured glow in the dark Lego to animatronic lego puppets.

At least four research applications related to suicide and the Christchurch earthquakes were declined funding over the past five years.

Crusaders fans may be hurting tonight but one Christchurch man will be counting his lucky stars after winning $25,000 cash at the game.

Christchurch Police are looking for four drift trikes stolen in a recent burglary in Christchurch.

The Bachelor NZ will take up the dating game again since dumping winner Fleur Verhoeven, after being bought at a charity auction.

A man arrested on Friday night and then given bail on Saturday morning went on an alleged crime spree in Christchurch, Oamaru and Dunedin.

The demand for large homes in Christchurch is growing, fuelled by wealthy people choosing to move to the city from other parts of NZ and overseas.

Shared spaces, co-working, hot-desking, desk-surfing. Whatever you call it, there is no denying it's a growing trend.

Christchurch has always been dubbed the most English city outside of England, but the earthquakes claimed many buildings promoting that brand.

Fire crews are attending a large fire in central Christchurch early this evening.

Reporter Kurt Bayer takes to the skies to witness science in action, even if it makes his head hurt a little.

Veteran activist John Minto has put up his hand to run against Lianne Dalziel for the Christchurch mayoralty.

A Christchurch company designing cat's eyes to communicate big data is one of ten start-ups selected for Vodafone's acceleration lab.

A man caught masturbating at a teenage girls' softball game has been sentenced to 12-months intensive supervision.

Canterbury motorists and truckies need to plan for another week of night-time Lyttelton Tunnel delays.

Two car crashes on an icy South Island highway have left seven people injured this morning.

The Christchurch kebab shop owner who ignored an armed robber says he told himself: "try to be cool as much as you can".

Floods and ice around New Zealand are hitting school holiday travel plans.

The NZTA has warned motorists about ice on South Island roads today, and about a final night of delays tonight for Canterbury drivers.

A man who calmly carries on working while an armed gunman attempts to rob his store is being hailed online as "the chillest chip shop operator ever".

This afternoon on NZ Herald Focus - New drone footage of the damage inside the ChristChurch Cathedral.

Christchurch's Redcliffs School will stay open, it has been announced.

Uto Enosi Tuipulotu came to Akaroa to support his family back in Tonga, but now is in Christchurch Hospital battling a rare form of cancer.

This week, we look at sevens player Sam Dickson and his miraculous return from injury.

The Christchurch city council is facing a multi-billion dollar problem as it tries to find an insurer and options to cover the network of underground pipes.

Christchurch's new Convention Centre is just one component of a new network of convention centres that will emerge in New Zealand.

Two people are injured after a car hit a parked car outside a Christchurch dairy.