Anna Sargent

Experts say five years ago the number of road deaths over the holidays could be counted on both hands.

Conservationists are tactically planting fire resistant species on Christchurch's Port Hills, in the hopes it could mean fewer or less damaging fires in the future.

Festival-goers are being urged to get their drugs checked before they head to gigs, as a dangerous drug being sold as MDMA is doing the rounds in Christchurch.

Donna Moot is an expert on the shelled creatures, having run Turtle Rescue and Rehoming out of her house in Christchurch for almost 20 years.

A jury has found both David Hawken and Rebecca Wright-Meldrum guilty of the murder of Christchurch woman Angela Blackmoore in 1995.

Residents have been complaining about the smell for 14 years and councillors have now agreed to shift processing to an industrial site in South Hornby. Audio

Lawyers representing the engineer whose firm designed the CTV building that collapsed in the Christchurch earthquake say the complaint against Dr Alan Reay has no basis and should be dismissed.

Sports enthusiasts will once more be welcomed into Christchurch's famed Lancaster Park through the historic Memorial Gates.

Transport safety investigators are calling for better safety measures at level crossings, following a near collision between a bus and a freight train in Christchurch.

More young people are turning out to vote each election, but their numbers still lag far behind the country's older voters.

National's education spokesperson says there's no reason to reduce Chisnallwood Intermediate's roll, but is not promising to keep it as it is if the party wins power.

A health campaigner is calling for an overhaul of the liquor licensing laws saying the Christchurch Mama Hooch sexual assault case has exposed significant failings.

A father whose daughter helped to jail sexual predators Danny and Roberto Jaz said she would have reconsidered going to police if she had known how long the legal process would take.

Nine survivors of Danny and Roberto Jaz's attacks read powerful victim impact statements to the court ahead of the pair's sentencing today.

A court has heard former corrections officer David Benbow killed his childhood friend after finding out he had begun a relationship with his ex-partner.

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The education sector says the country's recovery from the Covid-19 slump in international students is well under way. Audio

Justice Cameron Mander will sum up the case next week, before the jury begin their deliberations.

Young people are hacking their used disposable vapes to wring more use out of them - worrying parents and horrifying emergency services. Audio

A forensic psychiatrist has told the High Court that Lauren Dickason was horrified by vivid visions of harming her children the month before she killed them.

A court has been told there is no question Lauren Dickason was severely mentally unwell on the night she killed her three children and did it out of love.

The cause of a boom that has shaken houses north of Christchurch twice in one week remains a mystery.

Christchurch's only 24-hour surgery was forced to close its doors for almost three hours on Tuesday night due to high demand.

Detective Superintendent Darryl Sweeney said recent imaging from borehole drilling showed the remains of two or possibly three miners.

Panicked parents have banded together to call for stronger action from the government.