Canterbury

An advisory service for home owners affected by the Canterbury earthquakes has received a cash injection.

Some Christchurch residents are dreading the summer as they expect street based sex workers to return to their neighbourhood.

A new large fuel storage facility in Timaru that could potentially help drive fuel price competition has been granted resource consent.

Three orangutans from Auckland Zoo have finally arrived at their new home in Christchurch.

Three people remain in hospital following a pile-up of 40 cyclists in Canterbury.

Police say a woman's death in Christchurch overnight is being treated as not suspicious, after the completion of a post-mortem.

Christchurch police are investigating the sudden death of a woman in the suburb of Bishopdale overnight.

Christchurch sports clubs are dismayed to hear their new indoor sports centre has been pushed back yet again.

Lincoln University is in a delicate state and needs significant course cuts, more Māori and Pasifika students, and more donations, an advisory board says.

Christchurch business owners say problems with beggars are escalating, after one of the city's trams was stopped and its driver abused over the weekend.

A $75 million budget blowout for Christchurch's planned Metro Sports Facility has prompted new minister Megan Woods to drop the contractor for the 2018 build. Video

The Transport Agency has confirmed the initial hours of operation for the quake-damaged State Highway 1 north of Kaikōura, when it reopens next month.

Two Christchurch men charged after 49kg of methamphetamine was smuggled into the country have been named.