Canterbury

A service to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks was the only in-person service in New Zealand after the ceremony in Auckland had to be cancelled due to lockdown.

Armed police set up a cordon around part of Christchurch Hospital after reports of a person with a firearm.

Trays of greens are starting to fly out of the shed door at Jess Murchie-Brown and Don Murchie's vertical farming set-up on their rural lifestyle block south of Christchurch. It's proving to be a…

Ashburton councillor John Falloon said "Whatever it takes" had "done its time, basically, and no-one really took any notice of it and it was constantly under ridicule". Audio

Sightings of leopard seals have spiked during the level 4 lockdown.

Two youths have been taken into custody after an early morning crime spree across Christchurch.

An error at a vaccination centre in Canterbury earlier this month meant 13 people may have received a lower dose of the Covid-19 vaccine than intended, the Health Ministry has confirmed.

A lifestyle hobby for a family in Cheviot has turned into a thriving business. Five years ago Kobus and Julie Venter purchased a dozen hens for their son Jack. Now his flock numbers over a thousand…

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.

The police are urging everyone who attended a house party that turned fatal to contact them to describe what happened during the evening.

There were 80 people at the Christchurch party which ended last night with a fatal stabbing, in a Fendalton house that had been rented for the event.

Oranga Tamariki was warned about restraints at a Christchurch care and protection residence months before it was finally closed.

Ashburton District Council waste managers say residents may have had difficulty "changing back their habits" following a loosening of recycling criteria during Covid-19.

Christchurch City councillors have reversed their decision to slash the number of seats in the city's new multi-million dollar arena.

A person has died after a collision between a truck and van at Rolleston, police say.

Christchurch city councillors will vote again today over the city's new multi-million dollar stadium.

Two Southern Right whales approached the surfers at New Brighton beach and circled them while they sat on their boards watching. Audio