Crusaders fans may be hurting tonight but one Christchurch man will be counting his lucky stars after winning $25,000 cash at the game.

Christchurch Police are looking for four drift trikes stolen in a recent burglary in Christchurch.

The Bachelor NZ will take up the dating game again since dumping winner Fleur Verhoeven, after being bought at a charity auction.

A man arrested on Friday night and then given bail on Saturday morning went on an alleged crime spree in Christchurch, Oamaru and Dunedin.

Two publicly-owned companies spearheading the city's rebuild have average salary rates in excess of $120,000.

Since the earthquakes, the cost of building new homes in Canterbury has risen by nearly 40 per cent.

The demand for large homes in Christchurch is growing, fuelled by wealthy people choosing to move to the city from other parts of NZ and overseas.

Shared spaces, co-working, hot-desking, desk-surfing. Whatever you call it, there is no denying it's a growing trend.

Christchurch has always been dubbed the most English city outside of England, but the earthquakes claimed many buildings promoting that brand.

Veteran activist John Minto has put up his hand to run against Lianne Dalziel for the Christchurch mayoralty.

A Christchurch company designing cat's eyes to communicate big data is one of ten start-ups selected for Vodafone's acceleration lab.

A man caught masturbating at a teenage girls' softball game has been sentenced to 12-months intensive supervision.

Canterbury motorists and truckies need to plan for another week of night-time Lyttelton Tunnel delays.

A Christchurch man who tried to "blackmail" a woman into meeting him by posting a naked photo of her on Instagram has been warned by a judge that he could go to jail.

Name suppression has today lapsed for a Mexican man charged over the biggest cocaine bust in New Zealand history.

Two car crashes on an icy South Island highway have left seven people injured this morning.

The Christchurch kebab shop owner who ignored an armed robber says he told himself: "try to be cool as much as you can".

Floods and ice around New Zealand are hitting school holiday travel plans.

This afternoon on NZ Herald Focus - New drone footage of the damage inside the ChristChurch Cathedral.

Christchurch's Redcliffs School will stay open, it has been announced.

Uto Enosi Tuipulotu came to Akaroa to support his family back in Tonga, but now is in Christchurch Hospital battling a rare form of cancer.

This week, we look at sevens player Sam Dickson and his miraculous return from injury.

The Christchurch city council is facing a multi-billion dollar problem as it tries to find an insurer and options to cover the network of underground pipes.

Christchurch's new Convention Centre is just one component of a new network of convention centres that will emerge in New Zealand.

Two people are injured after a car hit a parked car outside a Christchurch dairy.

Street artist Wongi "Freak" Wilson's latest mural boosts his long-established role of lifting spirits in Christchurch.

A boy who fell from school playground equipment has escaped serious injury.

The man accused of murdering Christchurch woman Renee Duckmanton can be named.

Man sought over car theft.

If you're flying later this month, you may need to factor in more time to clear airport security.