The coroner has released a report into the tragic death of Canterbury University student Samuel Finnemore who died after he accidentally fell through his bedroom window in Riccarton.
An inquest into the suspected suicide of Canterbury cyclist Olivia Podmore has heard she was burned out and treated for severe anxiety and depression three months before her death.
More charges of historical sexual offending have been laid against a former staff member of a Christchurch boys' school after another three students have come forward.
Amy Tennant and her partner are building a house in Darfield - but she never expected to receive an almost $15,000 bill to connect to the sewage network.