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Canterbury DHB has revealed it asked for $438m to rebuild its strained hospital but has had no choice but to settle for a third of that.

Christchurch Hospital is pushing ahead with a new $150m medical tower block despite its own doctors pleading that it's far too small.

Over 1300 cabin crew workers for Air New Zealand have been told their jobs are being cut, the E tū Union has announced.

Christchurch's iconic council-owned red buses could be about to be sold off to the highest bidder as the council grapples with the prospect of a lower rates take.

Artists, musicians and actors say the entertainment industry will fall into crisis if it can't open up again soon.

A massive boost. That's how many in sport have described the $265 million handed to the sector to aid their response to Covid-19.

Teachers and principals are bracing themselves for all manner of reactions when 800,000 school children return to class today for the first time in eight weeks.

On a day when a young boy was the country's only new Covid-19 case, $265 million in government funding was announced for the sport and recreation sector to ensure it remains viable.

Christchurch's historic Isaac Theatre Royal could face permanent closure if staff are not able to recoop "crippling" running costs.

Many tourism jobs have already been cut as the sector waits for details of a support package to be announced in Thursday's Budget, operators say.

The government is giving schools extra money for relief teachers as it asks staff and students with cold symptoms to stay away from classrooms, it says. Audio

Thousands of tourism and aviation workers have been left reeling in the wake of widespread redundancies.

Conferences planned for Christchurch's new convention centre are being pushed back, with construction delays also likely to result in a 2021 opening.

A class action by Christchurch landowners against Southern Response has been delayed, but a lawyer says the firm faces a hit of hundreds of millions of dollars.

The daily increase of cases in NZ is slowly dwindling, a home learning support package has been revealed, and police are still clamping down on lockdown breaches ahead of Easter. Video

A month ago Shaun Hendy realised the coronavirus was 'gonna be bad' and set up a team to model the spread. Here's how they are predicting what might happen.

The first redevelopment of Christchurch's residential red zone has been completed with the opening today of the Avon Loop pathway.

Initial work is about to begin on Dunedin's new hospital, which is expected to cost over a billion dollars.

Kevin Kenrick leads the broadcaster that pulls in the biggest audiences in the country and the most money from advertising. But TVNZ - like state-owned RNZ - will be folded into a new public media…

Both RNZ and TVNZ's chief executives see merit in a proposed merger of the two public broadcasters, but RNZ's chief executive warns a culture change would be needed.

First Person - Mike Moore had one of the shortest prime ministerships but historians will record that he has been one of the most influential, writes the former MP.