A teenage babysitter charged with murdering a 1-year-old Christchurch baby will stand trial from February 7 next year.

Were the quakes that struck Wairarapa today and Christchurch last night caused by the weather or planets ... or neither?

Thousands reported feeling the 4.7 quake that struck at a depth of seven kilometres, 10km southeast of Christchurch at 8:45pm.

Police were called to Worchester St earlier this morning where it was reported a 51-year-old intoxicated man was in possession of a firearm.

City Fitness will be investigating complaints made about gym selfies at the Christchurch gym on Moorhouse Ave.

Christchurch student recreates famous map of London Underground.

An elderly woman has been left with serious injuries after a dog attack in Christchurch.

A man who lured Christchurch schoolgirls with drugs in exchange for sexual favours must remain behind bars for at least another year.

Five fire crews are at the scene of a blaze that appears to have broken out in a campervan in Christchurch.

Firefighters are battling a vegetation blaze close to houses near Christchurch this evening.

A new aged-care hospital ward will be named in memory of a Kiwi soldier who was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in 2012.

Christchurch's earthquake-damaged Bridge of Remembrance has been reopened to the public today at a special Anzac Day ceremony.

Bill Mitchell was deemed "too old" to be a World War II fighter pilot, but he spent six years as an engineer repairing aircraft flown by New Zealand pilots.

A man has suffered stab wounds to his face, neck and arms after being attacked by a man who accused him of sleeping with his ex-partner.

Police are searching for a man who held up a Christchurch liquor store while brandishing a kitchen knife.

One person is in custody after a male was brought to a police station north of Christchurch suffering from stab wounds.

An alleged drink driver has been charged with mowing down a Christchurch pedestrian on Good Friday.

A Christchurch man caught masturbating at a girls softball game has appeared in court today.

COMMENT: Understandably, some Cantabrians are feeling emotionally exhausted and worn out and are finding it hard to cope, writes Hugh Norriss.

A Herald investigation into the hidden toll of the Christchurch earthquakes has sparked calls for research into the correlation between suicides and the quakes.

The 2011 Christchurch earthquake killed 185 people, and NZers vowed never to forget them. But what of those who took their lives in its aftermath?

The forgotten victims of one of the nation's deadliest disasters.

A fishing vessel is on fire at the Port of Lyttelton.

Police were called out to a rest home on Harewood road around 6pm, after a 62-year-old man attacked staff with a walking frame.

A man was killed in the early hours of this morning after being hit by a city-bound train in the Christchurch suburb of Belfast.

Police have arrested three people after a raid at the headquarters of the notorious Rebels motorcycle gang uncovered illicit drugs, weapons and cash.

A fork lift operator who rear-ended a truck at traffic lights in Christchurch last night blew one of the highest breath-alcohol levels ever recorded in New Zealand.

Pilot who was forced to make emergency landing accidentally starved chopper of fuel and had not flown aircraft for five years.

A rejigging of Cavalier Bremworth's operations will see up to 68 jobs lost from Whanganui and 36 from Christchurch.

Dog that savaged heavily pregnant Christchurch woman went "ballistic" after a male dog came to mate with it, says neighbour who stopped the attack.