Green fire break takes shape
Green fire break to protect Port Hills homes takes shape
A community initiative is replanting native trees to protect their homes from future fires on the Port Hills in Christchurch.
Samantha Mythen
Passion for pottery about craft and community
Passion for pottery as much about craft as community in Sumner
Pottery is seeing a resurgence in popularity, with sell-out classes at the Sumner Hub in Christchurch. Samantha Mythen finds out why it has become an epicentre of the community.
Walking to prevent violence against men
Christchurch man's 24-hour walk around Hagley Park to help male victims of domestic violence
Former Christchurch mayoral candidate Stephen McPaike walked for 24-hours and clocked up 108km to prevent violence against men.
$2000 in tobacco stolen in daylight dairy robbery
'This is a robbery': Spooked Christchurch dairy robber runs to getaway car without keys
A spooked robber ran from a Christchurch dairy when the alarm sounded on Tuesday, only to find the getaway car locked - and he didn't have the keys.
Community clean-up after drink driver ploughs into fence
Community clean-up after drink driver ploughs into fence
Volunteers donned gloves and shovels to repair the damage done by a drink driver who ploughed through a Christchurch kindergarten fence.
Couple thought Queen’s Birthday Honours email was a scam
Couple thought Queen’s Birthday Honours email was a scam
When Banks Peninsula couple Francis and Shireen Helps opened up their email and saw ‘Queen’s Birthday 2021 Honours’, they almost deleted it, thinking it was a scam.
'Wheelchair Guy' and the naughty French bulldog
'The Wheelchair Guy' and the naughty French bulldog: Paw-fect friendship inspires book
A cheeky French bulldog named Arni inspired Christchurch man Michael Franklin, aka "the Wheelchair Guy", to write his new children’s book.
'Wheelchair Guy' and the naughty French bulldog
'The Wheelchair Guy' and the naughty French bulldog: Paw-fect friendship inspires book
A cheeky French bulldog named Arni inspired Christchurch man Michael Franklin, aka "the Wheelchair Guy", to write his new children’s book.
'A real gem': Christchurch 106-year-old celebrates birthday
'A real gem': Christchurch 106-year-old celebrates birthday
World War 1 was in its second year when Mary Brackenbury was born on May 13, 1915, in Bedfordshire, England.
Cabbage trees to rise again
'Cold case cabbage tree killing': Bid to replace poisoned trees takes off
A Christchurch man's passion for cabbage trees led him to start a fundraiser to replace the ones poisoned along the Coastal Pathway.
Lucky escape after tree falls on car
Canterbury storm: Lucky escape after tree falls on car
A person in Christchurch had a lucky escape on Monday morning after a tree fell on the car they were in.
Flooding around Heathcote River takes a toll
'My gumboots are worn out': Flooding around Heathcote River takes a toll
Wahren Hensley's house next to the Heathcote River in Christchurch is “completely surrounded” by water - and not for the first time.
Harbour firefighters raise $30k for blood cancer foundation
Harbour firefighters raise $30k for blood cancer foundation
More than $30,000 was raised by Lyttelton Harbour’s volunteer fire brigades for the Leukemia and Blood Cancer Foundation.
Banks Peninsula: Lifestyle choice for many living in 'playground'
Banks Peninsula: Lifestyle choice for many living in 'playground'
People living in Banks Peninsula earn, on average, more than their Christchurch city counterparts. Samantha Mythen reports on the peninsula's latest population demographics.
Fruity initiative helps locals in need
Fruity initiative helps locals in need
The fruits of a community organisation’s labour have resulted in the donation of boxes of cleaning products and personal hygiene items to an east Christchurch food bank.
Volunteers shape mountain bike park
Volunteers shape mountain bike park
A group of keen Christchurch mountain bike riders are planning winter working bees to build a skills park.
Injured paraglider passionate about speed-flying
Injured paraglider passionate about speed-flying
The speed flyer seriously injured on Monday set a new world record for the most forward somersaults in 2019.
More calls to lower speed limit through Redcliffs to 40km/h
More calls to lower speed limit through Redcliffs to 40km/h
Redcliffs’ residents are again calling for a lower speed limit through their village.
Peninsula to premier at film festival in New York
Film shot on Banks Peninsula to premier at New York festival
A short film shot on Banks Peninsula and produced by a Governors Bay resident will premier at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
Comedian’s work stretches to cleaning up reserve
Comedian’s work stretches to cleaning up Godley Head after dog injured
When 'Rubberband Boy' Shay Horay's dog got glass in his paw during a walk at Godley Head, the Lyttelton comedian put out a call for help to clean the area up.