Canterbury

The Oxford Observatory has cashed in on a successful year to buy some new equipment, as it awaits decision on the community's application for dark sky park status.

Rapid population growth in some North Canterbury towns could lead to future housing shortages, a new report warns.

The Christchurch City Council has voted to consider a bid for a future Commonwealth Games.

Fifty years after Christchurch hosted the Commonwealth Games, the mayor is aiming to get the sporting event back to the city in 2030.

Staff and patients at Christchurch Hospital are avoiding a brand new public car park because they cannot afford the fees or find it inaccessible.

A North Canterbury resident says they have been warned to stay on the alert for flare-ups for the next two weeks after a fire destroyed nearby homes.

Canterbury researchers hope models they are building will help firefighters get ahead of severe blazes.

The blaze in Swannanoa burnt through an estimated 12 hectares in and around the Waimakariri riverbed near Christchurch.

Susan Johnson was killed in the two-vehicle crash at Castle Hill, and three others seriously injured.

The mayor of Waimakariri says it is extremely lucky no one lost their life in the North Canterbury scrub fires.

Workers in the Christchurch CBD will be dodging jugglers, acrobats, and flying trapeze artists for the next 10 days, as the annual Bread and Circus World Buskers Festival returns to town.

Three houses and a church have been lost in one of several fires burning in the Loburn area this afternoon, Fire and Emergency says.

A man whose skeletal remains were found washed up across two north Canterbury beaches is believed to have been on a drug-fuelled bender in the 24 hours before his death.

A Canterbury principal says cellphones can better educate students on good etiquette around them.

A 15-year-old has been charged with manslaughter after a fatal crash in Christchurch's Selwyn District last year.

Despite the axing of Auckland's plans, Greater Christchurch councils are hoping to keep their proposal going,

A group of 12 to 15 arable farmers are counting about $6 million in losses from a late hail storm landing in a belt running from Canterbury's Methven to Highbank.

One person was killed in the two-vehicle crash on West Coast Road, and three others received serious injuries.