Canterbury

One person has died in a two-vehicle crash near Methven in Canterbury.

A memorial service to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Ballantynes department store fire will be held at the Christchurch Transitional Cathedral this evening.

Tainui raped and murdered his ex-girlfriend Kimberley Schroder in 1994, before doing the same with Nicole Tuxford in her Christchurch home.

The government has appointed an investigator to work with the Christchurch City Council on housing intensification.

A convicted double murderer has admitted he would often mislead or lie to Corrections staff while on parole.

An 18-year-old man charged with a stabbing in Christchurch on Monday has appeared in court.

A teenager and a woman have been charged over the stabbing of a man in Christchurch early on Monday morning.

Only Cody Te Poono knows exactly what was going through his head when the family home burned to the ground one August afternoon.

The Coroner's Court has heard there was no record of Corrections being told about a murderer receiving further convictions while on parole.

A man seen arguing at a park is being urged to think of the victim and a family at his bedside hoping he will recover from being stabbed multiple times.

A man wearing orange high-vis and a woman in a long white dress seen leaving the scene of a stabbing in Christchurch yesterday are being sought by police.

There has been growing safety concerns in parts of Christchurch following a stabbing yesterday morning, a Linwood ward councillor says. Audio

It has been an emotionally charged day at the coroner's court in Christchurch, as a joint inquest into a 2018 murder and sudden death got under way.

A dog-walker repeatedly stabbed during an early-morning attack was found by his family after his pet returned home without him, prompting a search.

A police search is under way after a man was seriously injured in an assault in Bexley.

Hundreds of Waimate residents are still without a safe drinking water supply - a scientist thinks wastewater from a nearby dairy factory could be part of the problem.

Replanting has started at a North Canterbury coastal park that a fire tore through 10 days ago.

A Christchurch eye surgeon charged with attacking a Lyttelton couple in their home has pleaded guilty to three firearms charges.

Timaru District Council is proposing to retain its gambling policy, which does not include any bans to new venues or machines.