Canterbury

Passengers were evacuated on the Christchurch Airport runway after a bomb threat was made against an Air NZ flight from Palmerston North this afternoon.

The ACT Party is backing calls for stronger protection of property rights, because it says the government must not be allowed to bully people out of their homes.

Plans to source a small mid-Canterbury town's water from a water race used by farm animals has outraged residents.

Glentunnel sheep and beef farmer Warrick James is the President of the 2016 Canterbury A&P Show, the largest agricultural and pastoral show in New Zealand being held in Christchurch at the ASB…

A Christchurch group wanting to make growing your own food fashionable has revealed plans for an edible garden and cafe in the middle of the city.

Glenn Delaney has been named as head coach of the Canterbury rugby team.

Two of Christchurch's largest hotels have been sold as their American owners have quit the country.

A farming couple's wedding savings are gone after the theft of 55 Friesian bull calves worth $24,000 from a North Canterbury property.

The red zoning of earthquake-damaged land in Christchurch shows that property rights need better protection, a report by the Human Rights Commission says.

Police have seized cars, cash, and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of methamphetamine in a series of armed raids in Christchurch.

The Christchurch City Council has voted to completely ban freedom camping.

A Christchurch woman is contemplating bankruptcy after an ongoing battle with her insurer over earthquake repairs to her business. Audio

The Christchurch City Council has voted to place extra protections around its broadband company, making it harder to sell.

Staff and parents of Redcliffs School in Christchurch have learned their school's final fate - same suburb, new location. Audio

Private insurers have paid out nearly $19 billion to settle claims since the Canterbury earthquakes five years ago, says the Insurance Council.