The Latest Breaking News from Christchurch

With three Australian Super Rugby teams gearing up for sudden-death footy, the Brumbies, Waratahs and Reds will be looking to prove regular-season form doesn't mean a thing in a knockout final, writes Brett McKay.

Christchurch City Council’s public approval rating has sunk to 42 percent

Stokes’ Christchurch-based mother Deb and brother James have travelled for a family reunion more than a year in the making

Former Queensland Origin prop Brad Thorn is channelling the underdog Maroons spirit as Reds coach ahead of their Super Rugby quarter-final in Christchurch.

US president welcomes New Zealand’s PM to Oval Office and speaks of devastation caused by mass shootings

The leaders of California and New Zealand have signed a pledge agreeing to help fight climate change

The Crusaders have once again highlighted the Queensland Reds' deficiencies against NZ-based teams, beating them 28-15 in Christchurch.

Since Anders Breivik killed 77 people in Norway in 2011, mass murders in the name of white replacement theory (WRT) have become prevalent. Many of these killers, including Breivik; Brenton Tarrant, the Christchurch shooter; and Payton Gendron, the suspect in the massacre in Buffalo, New York, are self-identified as fascists.

The Queensland Reds will play the Crusaders in Christchurch on Friday, before a potential quarter-final rematch at the same venue a week later.

New Zealand’s gun law reform in the aftermath of the Christchurch terror attacks has dominated Jacinda Ardern’s talks at the Capitol, writes @jo_moir

Queensland are flying out to Christchurch to take on the Crusaders uncertain of their next destination in week one of the Super Rugby Pacific finals.