Canterbury

Leaders are calling for more urgent action to mitigate increasing flood risk in Christchurch, as locals clean up from a storm which tipped Canterbury into the wettest July on record.

Floodwaters stubbornly remain in some parts of Christchurch and Banks Peninsula, turning backyards into lakes and sending rubbish bins drifting past front fences.

After 10 years of making do with a broken school Banks Avenue Primary students in Christchurch have finally moved into shiny new digs.

A band of rain between Monday night and Tuesday night plunged Canterbury into the wettest July on record, with a third of the annual rain falling in a month. Audio

Police have new information in the unsolved murder of Canterbury teenager Kirsty Bentley, and now believe her killer was likely to have been a cannabis user. Audio

A group of farmers in Canterbury's Selwyn district are focused on improving water quality in streams that flow through their properties. Ellesmere Sustainable Agriculture has received government money…

Timaru District Council says it is negotiating conditional re-entry to residents evacuated due to a flooding risk from the Ōpihi River.

The only access road in to Lake Ōhau village in the Waitaki District has been reopened following a structural engineer's assessment.

Canterbury Museum is packing up to prepare for what it is describing as a once-in-a-lifetime redevelopment. Audio

The wait is nearly over for residents and holiday-makers left stranded in Lake Ōhau village since Tuesday morning.

A 38-year-old man associated with the Killer Beez gang has been arrested in Christchurch as part of the police's ongoing gang crackdown.

A long-running Canterbury water stoush has been settled - at least for now - with the Court of Appeal yesterday throwing out controversial water bottling consents.

Heavy rain has closed Christchurch roads, while houses at Pleasant Point were evacuated when damage to a river stopbank posed a flooding risk. Audio

Canterbury district's hospitals and health centres are banning visitors who don't wear masks, in an effort to stop the spread of Covid-19.

Hundreds of homes in South Canterbury have had power restored after an outage caused by severe weather.

Ōtautahi Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel says there are a range of options to help fund the new stadium including rates increases, asset sales, or co-investment.

This week an open letter was sent to the prime minister by the New Zealand Women in Medicine Charitable Trust warning that New Zealand's health system was at risk of a "catastrophic collapse." Anthea…