Christchurch

Gerry Brownlee's six-year reign as the minister in charge of the $15.4 billion Christchurch rebuild is coming to an end, following today's Cabinet reshuffle.

Christchurch Airport is partnering with the world's largest retail commerce company to connect small and regional New Zealand businesses with Chinese visitors.

Work is under way to build hundreds of new inner-city apartments and townhouses, with promises the project's first stage will be done in a year.

One person died in a paragliding accident in Christchurch this morning.

Three foreigners in Christchurch have been charged with smuggling 5kg of MDMA, estimated to be worth $2.1m, Customs says.

Another Christchurch hotel has been robbed at gunpoint and police are warning businesses to be vigilant.

Christchurch's St Bede's College has disciplined several students for online posts about a female rower while they were at the Maadi Cup.

A rare case of potentially fatal diphtheria has been detected in Canterbury, in the finger of a traveller who had been in Samoa.

Staff at a Christchurch bar are dealing with their second robbery in less than two weeks.

Six years after Lisa Willems died in the Canterbury earthquake, her husband has helped gift a major public artwork to Christchurch.

A small oven fire and a lack of experience did not deter staff from the fire-stricken Christchurch Adventure Park, as they volunteered at Ronald McDonald House.

Schools in the Christchurch say they are still struggling to support children who are showing signs of quake-related stress.

Three teenagers will appear in court today after a string of offences were committed overnight across Christchurch.