The Latest Breaking News from Canterbury

Archbishop indicates he will not seek to punish churches that allow same-sex marriage in balancing act

New Zealand may seem to be under meteor bombardment at the moment. After a huge meteor exploded above the sea near Wellington on July 7, creating a sonic boom that could be heard across the bottom of the South Island, a smaller fireball was captured two weeks later above Canterbury.

Asra Abdullah Alsehli, 24, and Amaal Abdullah Alsehli, 23, were found dead in a Canterbury apartment in June

Police still don't know how two sisters whose bodies were found in a Sydney unit nearly two months ago died as their names are released.

MORNING BRIEFING: Police are renewing their appeal for information into the mysterious deaths of two sisters, who were found in separate rooms inside a south-west Sydney unit last month.

The Canterbury-based Lambeth conference of worldwide Anglican bishops runs to August 8.

Canterbury second-rower Corey Waddell has been found guilty of gouging Tino Fa'asuamaleaui's eyes and banned for five NRL matches.

Archbishop of Canterbury responds to outcry over declaration that marriage is ‘between a man and a woman’

Division flares in run-up to first such meeting of bishops from around world in 14 years