Canterbury

Part of central Christchurch was shut off this morning as around 500 police officers farewelled a colleague.

Christchurch city councillors have today voted in favour of making permanent a temporary ban on freedom campers without toilets on board their vehicles.

A body has been found in a flat that was extensively damaged by an early morning fire in the Christchurch suburb of Woolston.

Christchurch City Council is being urged to ban single-use plastic bags.

Christchurch homeowners are feeling the strain of repeated rates increases, with the city council now owed more than $11 million in late payments.

The Canterbury Regional Council has issued a final warning to farmers who are breaching water consent rules, and says it will start initiating prosecutions soon.

A report which suggested sea levels would rise by 1m and affect 18,000 Christchurch homes has been backed up by a peer review.

Calls have been flooding into EQC since a landmark court settlement two months ago clarified homes must be repaired to a 'when new' standard.

A Christchurch man has been discharged without conviction in New Zealand's first prosecution of someone for flying a drone.

Firefighters in Christchurch have spent the early hours of this morning putting out a "suspicious" fire at an abandoned building in the central business district.

New plans for revamping Christchurch's Victoria Square have been revealed, following a public outcry over the previous makeover plans for the popular public area.