Canterbury

A Christchurch youth centre is being investigated over suspicions it's a front for a men's sex club but the trust's chair denies it's doing anything wrong. Audio

Nine to Noon speaks with David Hewson, chair of the South Canterbury Rural Support Trust, and David McAtamney, a North Otago farmer and chairperson of Kyeburn Catchment Limited. Audio

A Christchurch man had to rip open his plastic para pool during frantic efforts to hold off a large fire which came within two metres of the family home yesterday. The blaze, which took hold on the… Audio

Two insurance workers who had sex in their office late at night oblivious to hundreds of people looking on and filming from a central Christchurch bar could lose their jobs. Audio

Two insurance workers who had sex in their office late at night oblivious to hundreds of people looking on and filming from a central Christchurch bar could lose their jobs. Audio

Two swimming pools full of water have been crucial for people near Rolleston facing a big grass fire that at one stage closed State Highway One south of Christchurch. Audio

At 5.7 metres long it's the world's longest grand piano. So it's perhaps no surprise that Krzysztof Malek, pianist on board the cruise ship Seabourn Odyssey, wanted to play the piano when the ship… Audio

The jury's still out on whether changes at the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority represent a winding back of the government's involvement in the rebuild of Christchurch or simply a shift in its… Audio

Changes are on the way for the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority which from today becomes part of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Audio

Shaun D Wilson speaks to Daniel Pengelly, director of The Court Theatre's new adaptation of Peter Pan, and Professor of English Literature at Victoria University Kathryn Walls about the enduring… Audio

Andy Fox is a fourth generation sheep and beef farmer and a director of Beef and Lamb New Zealand, he's also amassed a huge collection of rural memorabilia on his Scargill property and is breeding… Audio

David's tried his hand at all sorts of musical projects over the years but right at the moment he's turning his hands, and his feet, and his lungs to performing as a one man band. Audio

A Canterbury University researcher says a drone could have helped to prevent the spread of the Flockton Hill fire. Audio

Firefighters are using thermal imagery to identify hotspots and say they're pressing hard in the fight against the Flock Hill Station blaze near Arthur's Pass. Audio

CERA workers including its acting boss have gone along this afternoon to what's being called a 'private' farewell for the disgraced one time chief executive Roger Sutton. Audio

Strong wind gusts and hot temperatures yesterday have set back fire fighting efforts against the Flock Hill Station blaze near Arthur's Pass. Audio

Firefighters are continuing to tackle the 3-hundred hectare fire at Flock Hill near Arthurs Pass and say it could take up to another five days to put it out. Audio

Strong gusts of wind and warmer temperatures are causing hotspots to reignite at the high country blaze near Arthur's Pass. Audio

A man who at first denied attacking the cricketer, Jesse Ryder changed his plea to guilty today after the charges were reduced. Audio