Former mayor Garry Moore has been labelled a scaremonger after raising concerns over the stability of the Metro Sports Facility site in central Christchurch.
Canterbury police have carried out six times the normal number of checkpoints over the past four months and twice as many motorists have been stopped and breath-tested.
A community board member made Connor Stewart's day after he saw the nine-year-old selling lemons on the side of the road to make enough money to buy a Warriors jersey.
Maverick Christchurch city councillor Phil Mauger has bought a $22k second-hand beach cleaner from the US to deal with rubbish and animal waste on New Brighton beach.
A major Christchurch LPG gas supplier says there will be job losses if the Government adopts a report recommending the use of gas in New Zealand is stopped by 2025.
Residents at Christchurch social housing complexes are feeling increasingly unsafe in their homes due to the behaviour of their neighbours and the people who visit them.
A large black penguin donned in a Suburbs Rugby Football Club jersey to honour a long-serving life member is one of many 'pop up penguins' hanging out in parks and streets across Christchurch.