Canterbury

Police have temporarily paused the search for missing Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao.

The paddocks on James Thomson's city limits sheep farm are starting to look like the arrivals lounge at Christchurch Airport during the school holidays. Audio

Christchurch police are appealing for sightings of a 63-year-old man who has been missing for three weeks.

A tourism operator made the right call to pull the plug on its plans to run the wildlife tours in Lyttelton Harbour, DOC says.

The Avalanche Advisory has issued warnings for dangerous conditions in several alpine ranges.

When Gypsy-Rose Walker headed out for the night, her parents were comfortable that she was with a group of friends they liked and that they could follow her whereabouts on a family tracking app.

Schools making the transition to cleaner energy heating to reduce emissions are likely to face big cost increases.

Justice Cameron Mander will sum up the case next week, before the jury begin their deliberations.

Principal Ross Preece says a cell phone ban is working at Ashburton College - but should not be forced on every school.

The paddocks on James Thompson's city limits sheep farm are starting to look like the arrivals lounge at Christchurch Airport during the school holidays.

The rollout of 30kph school speed zones is complete, but one Ashburton District Councillor hopes there isn't a rise in speed infringements as a result.

A man who took his insurance company to court for not paying out his life insurance after being cured of his "terminal" illness has had his case dismissed.

Police say no searches are happening today in connection with the Yanfei Bao homicide case.

A forensic clinician has told a jury that Lauren Dickason's mental health was badly deteriorating at the time she killed her children, and there is legitimate grounds for an insanity and infanticide… Audio

The detective in charge of the Yanfei Bao homicide investigation says items found so far have created positive lines of inquiry.

Police and search and rescue teams are combing farmland on the outskirts of Christchurch, looking for items of interest in the search for Yanfei Bao.

Four years and four months ago, Farid Ahmed's words of peace and forgiveness echoed across the world after his wife was one of 51 worshippers killed on 15 March 2019.

Residents in three Christchurch suburbs are calling for intervention from police, SPCA and the local MP to stop a woman they say is harming their pets.