The Latest Breaking News from Christchurch

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

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

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.

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

Coroner says inquiry offers chance to consider if response to such incidents could be improved

Proceedings are expected to last six weeks and will seek to ‘shine a light’ on what happened in March 2019.

Transparency questions raised over consultants’ work on Lyttelton Port Company

Los Pumas beat New Zealand in Christchurch in August 2022 and Michael Cheika, Argentina’s head coach, said: ‘You need to draw on those experiences’