Something quite extraordinary happened yesterday.10 Christchurch city councillors were writing to the head of Environment Canterbury regional council, asking her to get the mayors of Christchurch, Selwyn, Waimakariri, Ashburton... Read...
Police are continuing to look for a boy who went missing in Canterbury over the long weekend. 12-year-old Egeliko was last sighted at his home in the Hampstead area of Ashburton at 9pm on Monday.Police and family have concern... Read...
Police have evacuated properties in Ashburton near to where a `suspicious` item resembling unexploded ordnance has been found.Police say they were called to a residential property on Elizabeth St in Allenton where the item was found.The... Read...
A year after unprecedented floods inundated mid-Canterbury, affected residents and authorities are calling for additional support from government. Read...
By Sally Murphy of RNZ Farmers hit hard by the Ashburton floods say their farms have recovered well and in some cases, their pastures are better than before.It is a year since heavy rainfall caused rivers in mid-Canterbury to... Read...
Two Canterbury mayors remain concerned their ratepayers won`t benefit from the Three Reforms and instead be left to subsidise other communities.Ashburton and Selwyn mayors say their ratepayers have carried the burden of funding... Read...
RUGBY Blues coach Vern Cotter is calling for their leaders to step up, to help manage any mid-game worries in tonight's home Super Rugby Pacific semifinal against the Brumbies More...
BUSINESS Violent clashes in Buenos Aires as Argentina's President Javier Milei narrowly wins vote on radical economic reforms More...