Chris Barclay

A team of Christchurch schoolgirl cricketers are on a remarkable winning streak as they look to defend their NZ Junior Shield in typically relentless style.

Christchurch now boasts five suburbs with average house prices in excess of $1 million.

Rangi Ruru Girls' School reigned supreme on Lake Karapiro last weekend, but two lesser-known Christchurch rowing schools also had some moments to savour during the Maadi Cup regatta.

A Christchurch Olympian and Commonwealth Games gold medallist has been on a slow and winding road to recovery in hospital after defying a series of heart attacks.

Canterbury is harness racing’s epicentre in NZ. But the industry is plagued by illegal activities. Chris Barclay reports.

A far-reaching plan to safeguard the Crusaders’ financial future is reaching fruition through a ground-breaking deal.

A UK survey that rated New Zealand among the top three worst countries to drive in has been ridiculed by road safety organisations.

Former All Blacks hooker and Super Rugby coach Mark Hammett has taken a job at his former Christchurch high school.

John Veale closed his optometry business in Shirley on Friday but the 74-year-old will not lose sight of a profession he has been devoted to since abandoning plans to be a tradesman at his father’s insistence.

St Peter’s on Church Corner has finally been restored to its former glory.

Raemon Greenwood has a passion for opera that forms an unbreakable bond with her parents Earl and Beverley Stick, who were among the Christchurch earthquake fatalities a decade ago.

David Stuthridge acknowledged the symmetry when the heart attack survivor noted several of the pitches for the national over-60s cricket tournament were handily positioned at Hospital Corner.