Stories by Anan Zaki

Organisers have decided to reduce numbers by 30 percent this year to make contact tracing easier, with 12,000 tickets sold.

Christchurch leaders are hoping the government is not walking away from its responsibilities in the city.

Time is nearly up for owners of on-sold quake damaged properties in Canterbury to apply to claim money for botched repairs.

A Christchurch white supremacist made hate-filled outbursts both inside and outside court as he had a charge of breaching release conditions dropped.

There is frustration among some families of Pike River, who are calling for better technology to be used in the recovery mission.

A soldier sentenced to military detention for multiple assault charges is still serving in the New Zealand Army, despite him telling a court he would leave.

It's decision day and South Island businesses are pleading for a return to Covid alert level 1.

Two former employees of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority facing fraud charges can now be named.

A Canterbury pilot has recreated the first flight over Aoraki/Mt Cook to mark a century since the maiden voyage.

It is billed as the earthquake that started it all, it was magnitude 7.1 and it hit 10km from the Canterbury town of Darfield at 4.35am on 4 September 2010.

More New Zealanders are looking to charter private flights as the sector reels from the effect of Covid-19.

National leader Judith Collins says allegations surrounding the party's board member Roger Bridge is a matter for the party to deal with internally.

A major post-earthquake building project in Christchurch has needed more than $700,000 in repairs and maintenance to its air-conditioning, electrical and lighting systems.

The impact of Covid-19 on the property market may not be as dramatic as previously thought - thanks in part to a flock of returning New Zealanders.

The resignation of the Canterbury District Health Board's top official is being labelled as a disaster for the region.

The latest advertising campaign by the Chinese Consulate in a prominent Christchurch newspaper is being described as propaganda and untrue.

A Christchurch community is reeling after a tragic house fire killed two young children.

Three police searches - carried out shortly after the Christchurch mosque attacks - were unlawful, the Independent Police Conduct Authority has found.

Pilots are angry at the government for voting against a bill which would have increased penalties for people that shine laser pointers at aircraft.

A Christchurch man who filmed himself coughing and sneezing at supermarket customers during the nation-wide lockdown has been fined $750.

A staff member was wrong to remove Black Lives Matter posters put up by students, Christchurch Girls' High School's principal says. Audio

Two Christchurch Girls' High School students say their posters were removed last week by a staff member - who then told them that "all lives matter".

An elite Christchurch private school is investigating after students reported that a teacher tore down posters and verbally abused them for promoting the Black Lives Matter movement.

Prominent jailhouse lawyer Arthur Taylor is back in prison.

Public health expert Nick Wilson is calling on the government to introduce masks on flights - and says its current advice is outdated.