Sophie Cornish

Forty small businesses in Canterbury have received discounted fog cannons in an attempt to reduce aggravated robbery statistics.

A man who police believe drove and crashed a stolen getaway car in the robbery of pawn shop jewellery has been arrested after police raided his home.

A Christchurch man has been charged with blackmailing the Government in an attempt to gain classified material.

The alleged assault of a first-year Canterbury University student who was punched and verbally abused for wearing a pink sweatshirt that was called “gay” has been passed onto police.

In a world-first, a multi-million dollar wellness centre with an aim to break-down the stigma surrounding neurological disorders is set to open in Christchurch next year.

A man has been charged in Canterbury after allegedly being caught filming a woman on his cellphone while she was in the shower.

An estimated $65 million in holiday pay may be owed to Canterbury District Health Board staff.

The preferred choice nationwide for the average car thief has often been the Subaru Legacy and thieves in Christchurch are not straying from the norm.

Of the 1034 dog attacks reported to Christchurch City Council last year, only one resulted in the owner facing prosecution.

A suspicious fire was lit in the Port Hills in the early hours of Monday morning - the second in less than a week.

Christchurch red zone contractors have been told to be on the lookout for groups stripping fruit trees to sell for commercial purposes.

One year ago, a week-old Christchurch kitten was trapped inside a shoe box and thrown from a moving vehicle, sparking national outrage.

Parents of school children in Christchurch's eastern suburbs have been warned of a child sex offender who is moving into their area.

People who lived through the devastating 2010 and 2011 earthquakes are part of a new study to determine if they could end up having long-term psychological effects.

Police are investigating after two 'skinheads' allegedly abused a group of Asian children in Christchurch about the coronavirus.

An assistant high school principal has been caught nearly four times over the drink driving limit in Christchurch.

An "illegally installed" pedestrian crossing painted on a busy Christchurch street by a member of the public has been removed.

After 88 days on the run, a man believed to be involved in the carjacking of a grandmother in her 70s and several others late last year has been caught.