Star Christchurch

Police investigating an alleged assault at a Christchurch intersection on February 15 need the public's help to identify this man.

The neighbour of a man who escaped a house fire in Christchurch on Tuesday morning recalls hearing a "large boom" as the two-storey structure went up in flames.

Shirley residents are not surprised but still sad the battle to save the Christchurch suburb's oak trees from getting the chop has failed.

Blood cancer patients in Christchurch will soon have the chance to join an expanded clinical trial using their own immune cells to fight the disease.

Fishers who park their vehicles on the grass bank at the Beachville Esplanade are frustrating Redcliffs residents who say it damages the grass and blocks public use of the area.

Struck-off lawyer Davina Reid, who smuggled cigarettes and an iPhone into prison for the man convicted of raping and murdering Christchurch woman Emma Agnew, has lost another bid to be reinstated.