From floating down the Waimakariri River in a tyre tube for three days to touring with future country music star Kenny Rogers and being sworn at by former prime minister Robert Muldoon, Hugh Canard has packed plenty into 83 years.
Women walking at Christchurch's Spencer Park Beach are concerned about naked men hanging around the area, prompting warnings on social media and a complaint to the police.
An abandoned central Christchurch property plagued by squatters, rubbish and vermin has finally been cleared, bringing relief to frustrated neighbours.
Time is running out for people parking in operational bus lanes on busy Cranford St.
A winner of TV’s Good as Gold award has ended her charity work in Christchurch after receiving threats of violence from streeties.
The promoter of Selwyn Sounds and Lincoln Rugby Club have done a deal over a $9000 bill to help get the No 1 field playable because of damage caused by the concert.
More than eight decades after losing her husband in World War 2, Gladys Harrington was overcome with emotion as she laid a wreath at her Christchurch retirement home on Friday.
If you have been towed after parking in a bus lane on Lincoln Rd in Christchurch, you are not alone.
Weeds, overgrown vegetation and creepers climb around this abandoned Christchurch homestead, which one neighbour says appears to be at risk of "further collapse".
Work has started to fix the damage at Lincoln Domain caused by the sold-out Selwyn Sounds concert on March 6.
The new prize archways along the route of Canterbury's longest running fun run, the FreshChoice City2Surf, proved to be a big hit on Sunday.
Court action appears to be underway over a central Christchurch property filled with squatters and a growing mountain of rubbish.
Former Crusaders and All Blacks captain Sam Whitelock has teamed up with his brother Adam again - but this time it was to sell Sam's Christchurch home for $2.45 million.
Former Crusaders and All Blacks captain Sam Whitelock has teamed up with his brother Adam again - but this time it was to sell Sam's Christchurch home for $2.45 million on Tuesday.
Two Villa Maria College students are set to race their miniature gas-powered car against the best in the world in Australia this month.
As teachers across Christchurch struggle with students' rising needs, a group of retirees affectionately known as the "Grandees" is stepping up to help them in the classroom.
An abandoned property in central Christchurch, plagued by squatters, rubbish and rats, has sparked many complaints.
An abandoned property in central Christchurch, plagued by squatters, rubbish and rats, has sparked 43 complaints.
Seth Stylie is preparing for one of the biggest challenges of his career – competing against some of the world’s best mountain bikers on his home patch at Christchurch Adventure Park.
The theft of rescue flotation buoys from Christchurch beaches comes as a sharp rise in drowning deaths across NZ this summer has prompted calls for more public rescue equipment in Canterbury.
