Two 13-year-olds fleeing police in a stolen car had to be stopped using spikes in Christchurch.

Police investigations are ongoing following the discovery of a body in a shed fire in Hoon Hay yesterday morning.

Two brothers who shot 8-year old twin boys while testing a high-powered air rifle have been ordered to pay the children $500.

Woman denies Christmas Day murder.

A convicted killer has today admitted going on a prison rampage that caused $6000 worth of damage in December.

Businessman charged with paying underage girls for sex can now be named.

The report into the effectiveness of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority is unbalanced and misses the point, Minister Gerry Brownlee says.

A person is dead after a shed fire in Christchurch this morning.

Details of a police shooting in Christchurch on Saturday night will be kept hidden for at least a week after a court imposed a blanket

A 24-year-old Christchurch man who was shot by police this morning has been charged with pointing a firearm at police. Police shot

A fire burning on the tracks of the Christchurch to Greymouth rail line has brought the TranzAlpine and some freight services to a

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in relation to an aggravated robbery in Christchurch.

Three ambulances take crash injured to hospital.

Concerts and other events could be held in the residential red zone to take pressure off Hagley Park.

The third serious house fire in Canterbury this week has badly damaged a home. Police suspect arson.

The weather's going to be (finally) glorious for most of the country.

An 18-year-old man has been arrested in relation to a serious assault on a man in Christchurch last week.

Kiwi scientists have reconstructed more than 34 million years of our climate - including a period when New Zealand was up to 8C warmer - using 2000 samples of fossilised tree pollen.

Former employees of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority will be probed over allegations they used their positions to benefit their private property dealings.

A New Zealand bride says she is devastated after her husband-to-be ditched her the night before their lavish wedding in Rarotonga.

Most of the country can expect another warm, dry holiday weekend, but the West Coast is in for a wet one.

Court staff across NZ have been issued a reminder to adhere to a long-forgotten protocol designed to prevent lawyers from "judge shopping".

$100 is up for grabs for anyone who can find another intersection in Christchurch which has the same amount of lanes and no traffic lights as this dangerous junction.

A treasurer of a popular West Coast speedway who stole more than $6000 in club cash has today avoided a jail sentence after repaying

A man has fled on a bike after an aggravated robbery at a Christchurch petrol station.

Pupils at a low decile Christchurch school will return to school this week excited to see brand new classrooms being built with high-tech materials.

Insurers IAG and Tower are headed to court to challenge the Earthquake Commission's payouts for Canterbury earthquake claimants.

Further mediation at Lyttelton Port Co's container terminal has failed to reach a settlement.

The Christchurch City council has nearly spent $1 million on land to create a new car park in Sumner.

Police have arrested a 47-year-old man accused of robbing a Christchurch bank and fleeing on a mountain bike.