A Christchurch family is pleading for the safe return of their son's ashes after burglars stole them.

A crowd funding page has been set up to raise a reward, after a brutal horse death in Burwood.

Christchurch residents are being asked to conserve water while water levels are restored following the Port Hills fires.

A person was unloading goods when they were hit by another truck in Christchurch.

Eleven cordons are still up and 150 firefighters on the ground in Christchurch.

Two lucky Lotto players have scooped $3.8 million tonight.

While cordons on the Port Hills have been relaxed, Civil Defence says non-residents are still banned from the area

Hero chopper pilot Steve Askin was a man who valued serving others, father Paul says.

Chris Buick's attack on his heavily-pregnant former partner only stopped when she lay on the ground and pretended to be dead.

A woman was able to flee a sexually motivated assault, by biting the man who was attacking her.

A Christchurch doctor will go to trial this year on charges he indecently assaulted male patients.

Effort to cap rates didn't quite work out as planned this year.

Firefighting operations could continue at Port Hills for up to a month.

A FedEx package was sent from Venezuela to Rakaia in Canterbury which police believed was full of cocaine.

Two US passengers from the cruise ship remain in Christchurch Hospital.

Courtney Whitaker steps back into Christchurch's history and sees its future.

These sisters will grow up wondering what their big brother would have been like.

People affected by fires may be entitled to free doctor visits.

Prime Minister pays tribute to 185 lives taken by quake as families and loved ones mark sixth anniversary.

COMMENT: Robots own the future. writes Rayon Kan.

Firefighters are pulling back from the Worsleys area, as the situation in Christchurch continues to improve.

Watch: The bus, carrying more than 30 people, collided with a car just after 5pm and crashed down a bank.

Justice Minister Amy Adams' passionate plea to Bruce Springsteen went unanswered - the closest she got to him was on the big screen.

A swimming pool - and quick thinking - helped save the Port Hills last week.

Watch live: The names of the 185 people who died have been inscribed along 40m of the 121m long wall that sits next to the Avon River.

Watch live: For the sixth anniversary of the February 2011 earthquake the new Canterbury Earthquake Memorial wall is being unveiled today.

By Ruth Keber HARD TIMES: Paul Hilliam remembers the Christchurch earthquakes six years after the devastated the South Island city

Reporter Georgina Campbell was sent down to Christchurch to help cover the Port Hills fires. Here she tells what she saw.

Bruce Springsteen dedicated My City Of Ruins to those who suffered the recent earthquakes as well as emergency services personnel fighting the Port Hills fires.

An analyst believes Cathay Pacific will announce services between Hong Kong and Christchurch.