Demand for aggregate since the Christchurch earthquakes has led to Fletcher Construction's decision to try and build another quarry near Burnham much earlier than expected.
A Canterbury farmer has been sentenced to 55 hours of community service for allowing his cattle access to farm drains, which may have resulted in contamination of waterways downstream.
A convicted killer's long-running battle to overturn a ban on sex between prisoners at a criminal treatment unit in Rolleston Prison has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal.
Heartfelt messages have been posted online and placed at the scene of the fatal Burnham house fire that claimed the life of a Rolleston College student on Wednesday.
More than 1000 students donned their caps and gowns for a parade through central Christchurch on Friday to mark their graduation from Lincoln University.
A three-year-old Canterbury girl who needs home dialysis to stay alive had four machines fail in a week - and there is no back-up option in the South Island.