Canterbury

A $1 billion plan to change Christchurch's public transport network has been created.

Lincoln University is insisting it will retain its name, location and identity in any merger with the University of Canterbury.

The government is stumping up $12 million to pay out uninsured Christchurch red zone homeowners, more than seven years after the quakes.

Dementia support workers say a shortage of dementia beds in Canterbury is only expected to get worse.

The quality of some Christchurch waterways is improving for the first time in years.

Christchurch has been reinstated as a refugee settlement location, more than seven years after the first Christchurch earthquake.

Tony and Afsaneh Howey have the largest certified organic blackcurrant farm in New Zealand. The South Canterbury couple produce the fruit for their ViBERi range of food products and supplements.

The bird may be a common sight in other parts of New Zealand, but they have largely disappeared from lowland areas of Canterbury.

An insurance company may be attempting to freeze high-risk properties out of the market by increasing their premiums, an earthquake claims advocate claims.

Roads in South Canterbury have become impassable due to the poor job the council is doing maintaining them, a local farmer says.

Police are looking for an intruder who assaulted an elderly man in his home in Christchurch.

The Christchurch City Council is promising to stop putting chlorine in tapwater by January, though staff say that deadline is tight.