An off-duty officer used excessive force after unnecessarily involving himself in a dispute between his friend and their former partner in Christchurch, the police watchdog says. Read...

Nelson’s Greg Winn took a popular victory in yesterday’s Mainland Challenge endurance race at West Melton south-west of Christchurch. Read...

Jailed mosque video offender Philip Neville Arps has likened himself to Nazi deputy leader Rudolf Hess who was imprisoned for four decades after World War II. Read...

The Film and Literature Board Review has dismissed an appeal to have the Christchurch mosque shooting video ban lifted.The day after the alleged terror attacks on March 15 which saw 51 people killed and a further 40 injured, the... Read...

A Christchurch police officer grabbed a woman by the hair and pushed her to the ground after she was involved in a dispute with her former partner. Read...

A white supremacist who compares himself to Adolf Hitler`s deputy Rudolf Hess and who spread footage of the Al Noor Mosque attack, which he thought was `awesome`, has today been jailed for 21 months. Christchurch businessman Philip... Read...

A Christchurch man who admitted redistributing the livestream video of the mosque killings has been sentenced to 21 months in prison. Read...

Video offender Philip Neville Arps has been jailed for 21 months on two charges of distributing the objectionable footage of the mosque murders. Read...

A new 70s-themed campaign aims to draw punters back into central Christchurch. Read...

Japan fixed a giant sinkhole in 48 hours. In Christchurch, replacing a speed hump takes six weeks. Read...