Canterbury

Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel has banned a councillor from any events involving young people after complaints about grossly inappropriate messages to three young people, one aged 13.

Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel has broken her silence over claims of inappropriate behaviour by a councillor involving three young people.

A plan for growing Kaikōura's air services is well under way, with groundwork laid for expanding emergency and passenger air services to and from the seaside town.

As pubs prepare to host the rugby tonight, a Christchurch cat cafe is playing Cupid and match-making dozens of the region's single men and women.

The Student Volunteer Army will be planting flax along the Fox River, cleaning beaches, repairing tracks, cleaning a community centre - and more.

A new family-owned boutique milk business is set to bring the clink of glass milk bottles back to Canterbury. James and Chloe Davidson have leased 24 hectares of council land near Darfield and have…

Over 250 South Canterbury farmers met with government officials today, to vent their frustrations over the new freshwater policy.

Heritage New Zealand's chair is thrilled at the reaction to the government purchasing Kate Sheppard's former home. Video

The government has bought Kate Sheppard's former home in Christchurch and it'll be used as an educational centre for university research projects and school history trips.

Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a 29-year-old man in Rakaia, Canterbury.

A Christchurch mayoral candidate is campaigning on environmental sustainability, but some of his hospitality businesses don't recycle.

Timaru is getting a trial of an on-demand bus system that would pick people up from near where they are and take them to near their requested destination.

An investigation into the fire which destroyed four classrooms in a Christchurch school indicates the cause was accidental.

Christchurch mayoral candidate Darryll Park says improving council owned housing would be his top priority if elected.

An early morning blaze gutted a block of classrooms at Russley School in Christchurch and destroyed the work of 120 students. Audio

In what is being hailed as a landmark ruling, the Court of Appeal has decided a class action against Southern Response can proceed on an opt out basis.

The Canterbury District Health Board has been told to apologise to a woman who went to the emergency department four times before it was discovered she'd had two strokes.

Plans to spend $16 million upgrading 909 social housing units have been fast tracked by Christchurch City Council.

Christchurch residents have told their council they want action on climate change faster than the government has proposed.