Canterbury

TranzAlpine train journeys between Christchurch and Greymouth have resumed, after a five-month break because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Bowhill Road in east Christchurch is reopening after being closed when a fire tore through a large two-storey home.

Christchurch City Council has slapped the organisers of anti-government protests with a bill for more than $14,000 for costs incurred during its rallies.

A Kaiapoi doctor caught handing out fake vaccine exemptions is no longer registered to practise medicine in New Zealand.

Reduced bus services are ongoing in Christchurch this summer due to driver shortages, but not every operator is feeling the pinch.

The human remains found on Leithfield Beach are those of a deceased adult, police say.

Human remains have washed ashore at Leithfield Beach in Hurunui, police have been told.

Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce chief executive Leann Watson says even before the Covid-19 restrictions on immigration were introduced, Canterbury was already short of workers.

Police are looking into reports of a young man exposing himself and indecently assaulting women in part of the city's red zone.

Around 50 people in about an hour have been spotted trying to get pāua from a South Island reserve where it is illegal to take them.

Canterbury Regional Council will work with local communities, private landowners and iwi to improve the health of rivers, which have deteriorated over the past few decades.

A man has died in the sea south of Motunau Island, north of Christchurch, today.

Police in Canterbury have launched a homicide investigation after a three-month-old baby with serious injuries died.

Swimmers and fishers are being warned to keep away from a Canterbury river.

Forensic experts are back at a house in the Christchurch suburb of Wainoni today, as they investigate how a three-month-old baby was injured.

A hot air balloon's pilot was thrown from the basket during a rough landing near Ashburton, got caught in a rope and was dragged along the ground before the balloon came to rest.

Thousands of Christchurch festivalgoers are being asked to get tested if they have Covid-19 symptoms.

The Lotus-Heart in the Christchurch's CBD failed to display My Vaccine Pass signs or put them in a prominent place, WorkSafe says.

A body has been recovered from the Waimakariri River after a week-long search for a missing teenager.

About 1000 urban planners will gather in Christchurch next year to discuss some of the country's biggest challenges, including housing affordability and climate change.