The Latest Breaking News from Christchurch

More than 100 properties in Christchurch's south have been evacuated as firefighters look to contain a bushfire.

Jacinda Ardern will stay in her role as special envoy to the Christchurch Call into 2024 after a meeting with Prime Minister Chris Luxon.

Australian authorities fined 77-year-old New Zealand resident June Armstrong $3,300 (U.S. $2,034) for bringing a chicken sandwich into the country. Armstrong bought the sandwich, which was sealed, at the Christchurch airport and put it into her backpack intending to eat it on her flight. But she forgot about it until…

Parents wishing to send their offspring to a school with a decent music programme may wish to relocate to Christchurch

Chief executive Dawn Baxendale is gone but why did Christchurch City Councillors back her for so long?

Straw poll of councillors is taken at closed-door workshops, despite Ombudsman's concerns about councils excluding public from key meetings. David Williams reports.

A 57-year old from Surbiton, south west London; a 61-year old from West Molesey, Surrey; and a 33-year old from Christchurch, Dorset were arrested.

After an interminable comeback from injuries, Michaela Sokolich-Beatson thought she’d never wear the silver fern again - till she led the FAST5 Ferns to a netball world final, Suzanne McFadden writes from Christchurch.

The red wave of 2020 has receded, is a green one now on the way? David Williams investigates how the Greens have eaten Labour's lunch in the Christchurch.

Christchurch City Council makes a belated plea for help to pay for its $683m stadium, Te Kaha

The coronial inquest into the deaths of 51 Muslim worshipers is still yet to hear evidence from pathologists, doctors and ambulance officers