University of Canterbury students are being forced to hunt for flats or live at home after more than 1300 first years missed out on spots in the packed out halls of residences.
The post-mortem of a 24-year-old, who spent time in a Christchurch mental health centre before he died at a respite facility from what he thought was an allergic reaction, had eaten a meal containing trace amounts of peanut.
A man charged with murdering a woman in Christchurch will keep his name secret for now - and has yet to enter a plea while his counsel reviews a psychiatric report.
Liquidators from BDO Christchurch expect many Smiths City creditors to go unpaid after they found more than $26.8m in liabilities from the collapse of the large retailer.
Firefighters arrived at Christchurch Airport in trucks adorned with union flags, just days after the Civil Aviation Authority warned them about the safety risks they posed.
Passengers reported seeing blood on the plane and feeling dizzy from going around in circles after a Fiji Airways flight encountered a bird strike above Canterbury.
A worker at the Firearms Safety Authority, set up after the Chch mosque attacks to regulate guns in NZ, claims she was asked to "make things go away" and covered up an affair between a senior and junior staff member.
A woman has told the man who abducted and raped her that his refusal to accept responsibility contributed to a permanent change in her brain chemistry.