Canterbury

Locals say they have not seen the region's paddocks so parched in years.

Cantabrians' reliance on cars may be to blame for the highest per-capita levels of pollution in the country, chief science advisor to the Ministry of Transport Simon Kingham says.

The manager of a longstanding tenancy service in Christchurch says it is heartbreaking the organisation has had to close its doors.

A man shot by police in the Canterbury town of Kaiapoi has been charged in relation to the incident.

A new report warns Canterbury businesses will be out of pocket and people if they don't start taking wellbeing more seriously.

Residents in Banks Peninsula's Goughs Bay believe community leaders deserted them when they needed urgent support - following torrential rain in December.

Christchurch City Council has received the largest amount of submissions on a public consultation in a decade regarding the future of a long-awaited stadium.

A review of Christchurch City Council's response to a summer storm shows authorities took too long to respond after rain swept away the road into a Banks Peninsula settlement.

Nine people who risked their lives during the Christchurch terror attacks will be recognised at a special ceremony in the city today.

Over 25,500 submissions have been received so far on the Christchurch stadium decision.

A Christchurch GP is proposing that the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners drops the Royal from its name.

While many teenage boys get stuck into gaming after school, you'll find Fletcher Keen in a paddock. Last year a pig named 'Ashley Bloomfield' won the 14-year-old Cantabrian 'Best Boar Over 5 months…

Canterbury public health chiefs admit people suffering from the Bromley stench are going through hell, but caution a health register might not be the best way to monitor its impact.

The sister of one of the five teenage boys killed in a horror crash in Timaru says the driver's punishment is nothing compared to that of the friends and family of those that died.

The driver and sole survivor of a crash that killed five teenage boys has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison for dangerous driving causing death.

Canterbury District Health Board has confirmed that the man charged with the murder of Laisa Maraia Waka Tunidau was a current mental health patient.