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The Christchurch mayor wants the bill governing the rebuilding of Canterbury to be new legislation, not just a reworking of CERA.

Prolonged dry weather and challenging financial conditions have made circumstances tough for farmers in the the region.

The Civil Aviation Authority is investigating after the pilot of a glider that went missing near the Mackenzie Basin in South Canterbury was found dead in the wreckage.

One person was killed in a microlight crash in the Mackenzie district on Saturday afternoon.

Yesterday's fire near Pines Beach, north of Christchurch, may have been started by the same person who started a series of fires last year, the Fire Service says.

For hundreds of years, Māori have strategically tended, harvested and protected food resources around Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere) in Canterbury. Today, local farmers are learning these same indigenous…

The grass roots organisations that sprang up after the 2011 Canterbury earthquake are showing little sign of fading away, as life slowly returns to normal.

A young woman and a firefighter were swept up to 30 metres down North Canterbury's Ashley River overnight, after four people were stranded on the roof of a 4WD.

As it happened: Fire crews put out a large vegetation fire in Canterbury.

The Canterbury Regional Council has issued a final warning to farmers who are breaching water consent rules, and says it will start initiating prosecutions soon.

Nearly 500 people explored Canterbury's high country for 24 hours as part of TWALK, solving riddles in a rogaine-style event.

Mid Canterbury rugby's boss has promised some terse conversations with council heads if money is poured into the Christchurch stadium at the expense of local developments.

A teenager has been admitted to Christchurch Hospital with meningococcal disease.

Canterbury and Capital and Coast DHBs are the most vaccinated regions on 96 percent fully dosed.

Two thirds of the country's Covid-19 deaths come from a Christchurch rest home, and the region's DHB chief has spoken about the care they receive. Video, Audio

Petals were cast into Christchurch's Avon River this afternoon, to mark nine years since the magnitude 6.2 Canterbury earthquake and to remember the 185 lives it claimed.