The 16-year-old was due to appear in the Christchurch District Court on Friday in relation to an attack that left a woman critically injured in hospital. Read...

The woman was taken to hospital in a critical condition. Read...

A train will take stargazers from Christchurch to Kaikoura, a dark sky sanctuary. Read...

Transforming Christchurch into one big dynamic canvas with blank walls and canvases around the city. Read...

Father Rowan Maxwell Donoghue, formerly of St Bede`s College in Christchurch, has been charged with historical offending. Read...

Father Rowan Donoghue worked at St Bede’s College in Christchurch as a priest and the dean of boarding, and is accused of abusing four boys more than two decades ago. Read...

Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man they hope can assist with an inquiry into an assault. Read...

Off-leash dogs on New Zealand beaches are causing significant harm to seabirds, with many incidents going unreported, a veterinarian says. Read...

Last year, Tauranga City Council sold the precinct to Christchurch developer Sam Rofe. Read...

`I helped pull the hoses out in my sandals,` says a neighbour who saw black smoke spewing out of the garage next door. Read...