Rachel Graham

Lydia Ko has teed off for the first time on home soil as the women's world Number One this afternoon. Audio

More than four years after earthquakes first damaged home in Christchurch, hundreds of Canterbury homeowners are finding out that they may have to wait another two years before their damaged homes are… Audio

Staying with security and the New Zealand Cricket World Cup Organisation has committed to boosting its security measures at its sites, after the theft of five laptops. Audio

As the fourth anniversary of the earthquake which devastated Christchurch approaches, the slow pace of the rebuild has surprised many. But how quickly have other earthquake hit cities returned to… Audio

People in the Christchurch suburb of Hei Hei are coming to grips with the extent of damage from yesterday's fire. Audio

Our Christchurch reporter Rachel Graham travelled to Japan, with the support of the Asia New Zealand Foundation, to find out. Audio

At the scene of the Hei Hei fire is our Christchurch reporter, Rachel Graham Audio

Two and a half years after some of the most badly earthquake damaged parts of Christchurch started getting cleared of residential homes, half a dozen businesses are still trying to make a go in the… Audio

River levels have dropped on the West Coast exposing the car that crashed through the guard rail of a bridge near Hari Hari. Audio

International test cricket has made a comeback to Christchurch, and the Black Caps batting order has made it a memorable return. Audio

The High Court has cleared the way for former Catholic brother Bernard McGrath to be extradited to Australia to face hundreds of charges of sexually abusing children. Audio

Police officers who saved three people from being burnt to death, and two civilians who dragged people out of the way of an out of control bus were among those honoured in central Christchurch today.

A Christchurch man has developed a smart phone application which is helping to make a big reduction in the amount of graffiti in the city. Audio

A man whose son almost suffocated in a collapsed mound of dirt in Twizel says he wants an investigation into the incident to ensure it never happens again. Audio

Most of Christchurch's earthquake damaged red zones are now almost clear of homes, but just over a hundred homeowners are now learning what life will be like once everyone else has gone. Audio

When the earthquakes wreaked havoc on central Christchurch, they also destroyed many of the older buildings which had provided cheap rehearsal spaces for local musicians. Audio

Any drop in National party support in Christchurch 's on the back of problems with the rebuild failed to materialize. Audio

It is four years to the day since Canterbury was hit by the seven-point-one magnitude earthquake which marked the start of an earthquake sequence which devastated the area and changed people's lives. Audio

A fraud trial in Timaru has been told some of the charges against a former director of South Canterbury Finance are a farce and have to be dismissed. Audio

The South Canterbury Finance fraud trial has been told the firm's founder Allan Hubbard treated it as a cash box. Audio