Today there is no 30-foot ladder resting against the brickwork laid in 1670, so you cannot emulate the bold climb of Christchurch soldier Leslie Averill a week before the end of WW1.
Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day - and it holds a very special place for a Christchurch family. Their father Elmer Grantham was part of a British commando unit which landed at Normandy in 1944.
The man responsible for killing a pregnant shark in front of horrified onlookers at a Christchurch beach has been exonerated.
As Paul Barton’s wife succumbs to Motor Neurone Disease, the Woolston man is pleading for the Ministry of Health to increase its efforts to study potential causes of the incurable illness.
Senior Constable Garry Bombay found his station in life where policing has occupied the same site in Christchurch since 1902, longer than any other.
Memories flooded back when Kate Bathurst revisited her childhood home in Christchurch to retrieve two photo albums, including several wedding photos, found at the back of a shelf by the current owner.
They soldiered on near Anzac Drive’s equivalent of the trenches – teenagers respecting the legacy of Sergeant Jack Hinton VC, a name which now resonates with these students of history.
A sole-charge Christchurch petrol station attendant bashed during an aggravated robbery was filmed by one of three assailants as he was assaulted.
An autumn spring clean has prompted a Christchurch resident to appeal for help tracing the owners of a wedding album which lay undetected on a shelf for decades.
An Ilam property connected to a failed project manager in debt to tradespeople around Christchurch has been sold, although his creditors will not benefit from the proceeds.
Susie Langmaid didn’t exactly enjoy what transpired after she won the TradeMe auction for the Roxy handbag wielded by Tana Umaga at the Jolly Poacher pub in 2006.
A Christchurch residents’ association chief has sounded the alarm over firefighters’ ability to deal with high-rise blazes as multi-storey residential complexes stay on the drawing board for the city.
A Christchurch residents’ association chief has sounded the alarm over firefighters’ ability to deal with high-rise blazes as multi-storey residential complexes stay on the drawing board for the city.
Dominique Vallette’s ambitious goal of tracking down the Cantabrians who nursed her back to health after she suffered spinal injuries in a car accident in 1972 has been fulfilled.
It will be a while until Feijoa the cat is ripe for another adventure after he was mauled by a dog during one of his expeditions around central Christchurch.
Dominique Vallette’s ambitious goal of tracking down the Cantabrians who nursed her back to health after she suffered spinal injuries in a car accident in 1972 has been fulfilled.
The actions of five teenagers who filmed a series of assaults on gay men in Christchurch have resonated with the family of Allan Aberhart, the victim of a fatal homophobic attack in Hagley Park 60 years ago.
Thieves have been removing padlocks on sheds at the Edmonds Factory Gardens, without taking anything else, baffling volunteers who tend to the Christchurch landmark.
Thieves have been removing padlocks on sheds at the Edmonds Factory Gardens, without taking anything else, baffling volunteers who tend to the Christchurch landmark.
A statue of Captain James Cook in Christchurch will bear the marks of a costly Valentine’s Day vandalism attack for at least another three months.
