A Ministry of Justice victims advisor is calling for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into forensic mental health facilities after a Christchurch man who was ruled insane after killing someone two decades ago killed again.
The Employment Relations Authority has found Lyttelton Port Company breached its obligations to the unions and workers through a proposed restructure of its container terminal operations.
A probation officer for a convicted rapist who stabbed a woman to death in her Christchurch home has told her grieving sister they had no authority to check who was living next door to him.
Once adversaries, Nicholle Bailey and Jess Massey found themselves united in a shared goal following the suspected suicide of Christchurch-born Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore.
High-risk offenders like the man who murdered Juliana Bonilla-Herrera in Christchurch are regularly being paroled into the community, a senior Corrections staff member says.
The sold-out Electric Avenue festival in Christchurch resulted in a visitor spend of almost $10.5 million, an economic impact report from FreshInfo shows.