Canterbury

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.

A fundraising effort to support the family of the woman stabbed to death in Christchurch has received more than $50,000 in two days.

The sole survivor of a car crash that killed five teenage boys near Timaru will be sentenced for dangerous driving causing death when he appears in the High Court today.

People fed up with the putrid stench from Bromley's wastewater plant are on the brink of protesting against Christchurch City Council's handling of the crisis.

A Givealittle page for Christchurch stabbing victim Laisa Waka Tunidau has raised more than $4000 in its first five hours.

A group opposed to an airport at Tarras is seeking the views of residents in the wider area as it continues to build what it believes is the case against the proposal.

A draft of the new rules governing Aoraki Mount Cook National Park is expected to be published in 2023, three years after a review of them resumed.

The Canterbury town of Omarama was -10.9C this morning, with MetService forecasting a "high" of just 5C for the high country town today. Audio

A large-scale solar farm planned in Mid Canterbury will have the capacity to power the district on its own and could impact power prices.

Christchurch City Council will begin charging households for excess water usage in the coming months.

A petition has been handed to Canterbury politicians urging that a plan for four composting feed farms near Te Waihora Lake Ellesmere be stopped.

Cantabrians are set to receive cheaper public transport, more flood recovery support and an extra $300,000 in contestable community funding.

A Mid-Canterbury property has been confirmed to have mycoplasma bovis, for the first time this year.

Another Christchurch school rebuild was officially opened today, with more than half of the Ministry of Education's $1.3 billion programme now complete.

Business event leaders are hopeful an international convention being hosted in Christchurch will bring economic activity back to the city's struggling economy.

A New Zealand school's adoption of a Pacific garment is being described as a step in the right direction but more needs to be done to lift students up.

More than 11,000 submissions have been received in the first four days of consultation on the future of a stadium planned for Christchurch.

The Crown work safety watchdog says it was not aware of roadworks audits failed by a major contractor, but would not expect to be made aware.

Spectacular shots of work to remove the rot from inside the filters of Christchurch's burnt-out wastewater treatment plant have been released, demonstrating the mammoth task ahead.