The husband of a mother-of-two struck and killed by a car while riding a bicycle in Christchurch last week is hopeful for answers on how the crash occurred.
Since Dunedin virtually disappeared off international air travel schedules, more and more southern travellers are flying out of Christchurch. But there's more to see in that venerable city than just an international terminal, as Janice Murphy finds out.
A 16-year-old boy was today jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of 15-1/2 years for murdering a taxi driver.
Police today continued the search for a mystery vehicle believed to have caused a crash that left a Lincoln University lecturer dead on Friday.
Two youths have admitted murder and manslaughter charges between them over the death of a Christchurch taxi driver.
Police have found the mother of a baby found dead in shed at a suburban Christchurch boarding house.
A planned new Christchurch City Council bylaw could see boy racers fined up to $1000 if they are caught repeatedly "cruising" the city's main streets.
Continued unsettled weather, with average to dry conditions, has meant groundwater levels are continuing to drop in the region, Environment Canterbury water scientists say.
A 26-year-old man accused of a Christmas morning break-in where children's presents were taken, today abandoned his bid for release on bail as more burglary charges were laid against him in Christchurch District Court.
A man charged over a Christmas Day gift burglary is making a bid for bail, but he will stay in custody for at least one more night.
Christchurch police say the body of a man found in South Brighton is missing tourism operator Peter Graham.
An 86-year-old woman is expected to spend "a number of days" in hospital after being mugged in Christchurch's Barrington Mall last night.
Christchurch police say they found the body of a man in South Brighton this afternoon.
A tourist operator missing from his Christchurch home since Sunday has sparked a police search.
A former finance company official faces dishonesty charges totalling about $2 million.
The sentencing of double killer Jason Paul Somerville, originally set down for tomorrow in the High Court in Christchurch, has been delayed until January 29.
The Crown is to seek an indefinite prison sentence for a Christchurch labourer who today admitted sex attacks on two Christchurch schoolgirls.
A psychiatric report has now been ordered for a man charged over a bizarre home invasion in which a police officer and a police dog were stabbed.
A man acquitted three weeks ago of the manslaughter of a 16-year-old boy in a Christchurch park was today sentenced to community work.
Prime Minister John Key's former primary school, Aorangi School in Christchurch, says it will fight the Government's decision to shut it down.
