The Latest Breaking News from Christchurch

Tom Slingsby's Australia will look to reprise their winning ways when the SailGP travels to Christchurch next month.

Wests Tigers have won their first NRL trial game under new coach Benji Marshall, taking care of the Warriors 18-16 in Christchurch.

Australian authorities fined 77-year-old New Zealand resident June Armstrong $3,300 (U.S. $2,034) for bringing a chicken sandwich into the country. Armstrong bought the sandwich, which was sealed, at the Christchurch airport and put it into her backpack intending to eat it on her flight. But she forgot about it until…

Parents wishing to send their offspring to a school with a decent music programme may wish to relocate to Christchurch

Chief executive Dawn Baxendale is gone but why did Christchurch City Councillors back her for so long?

Straw poll of councillors is taken at closed-door workshops, despite Ombudsman's concerns about councils excluding public from key meetings. David Williams reports.

A 57-year old from Surbiton, south west London; a 61-year old from West Molesey, Surrey; and a 33-year old from Christchurch, Dorset were arrested.

After an interminable comeback from injuries, Michaela Sokolich-Beatson thought she’d never wear the silver fern again - till she led the FAST5 Ferns to a netball world final, Suzanne McFadden writes from Christchurch.

Christchurch City Council makes a belated plea for help to pay for its $683m stadium, Te Kaha