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.
A Christchurch man and his company are facing charges relating to what Internal Affairs believes is the largest illegal lottery identified in NZ to date.
Four people have been arrested and police say they have seized a "significant amount" of illicit drugs in joint operations in West Coast and Canterbury.
The head chef at Christchurch fine dining restaurant, Inati, offers some tips on olive oil alternatives as the price of the liquid gold oil reaches $30 a litre.
The first woman to become national president of Grey Power NZ, North Canterbury resident Jan Pentecost, has resigned from the role to look after her ill husband.
Some first-year Canterbury University students are so famished they are resorting to buying takeaways after meals, despite paying annual residence hall fees of about $20,000.
A man accused of filming young women in bathrooms without their consent in Upper Riccarton and Ilam was remanded in custody after his first appearance in the Christchurch District Court on Monday.