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Retired house inspector faces $700k liability on decade-old report
A former house inspector could be liable for half of a $700,000 leaky home claim.
The town NZ forgot: Meet those refusing to leave the abandoned post-disaster zone
Kurt Bayer reports on a stoic group who refuse to leave ‘paradise’.
'Very sneaky': Neighbours feel caught out by new Kāinga Ora developments
Neighbours of state housing developments want more say before councils give the nod.
Company convicted over ‘knackered’ wastewater treatment plants
Untreated wastewater, including human sewage, discharged from plants.
Christchurch City Council doing well out out of hospital car parking
Fines for infringements amount to tens of thousands of dollars.
Christchurch superintendent defends police patrols as shop owners rally
The city's top cop has rebuffed claims that police are 'letting the city down'.
Woolston Village alcohol ban announced
The ban was supported in a petition signed by 173 residents.
Christchurch council’s CEO pockets another pay rise
The city council boss saw her salary jump 1.4 per cent a year ago.
Left and right leaning Christchurch councillors square off over asset sales
Discussions are over easing the burden on ratepayers.
Focus: Officials give update on Pegasus beach blaze
Incident Controller Colin Russell and Waimakariri District Mayor Dan Gordon on Blaze at Canterbury’s Pegasus Beach. Video / NZ Herald
Opinion: What is the Christchurch City Council thinking?
The council is planning to upgrade the streets around the new stadium.
'Appetite for change': New mayors elected in most major centres in strong election for right-leaning candidates
Tory Whanau's mayoral win in Wellington bucked a national trend of right-leaning mayors.
Opinion: End of era for Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel
OPINION: Thirty-two years of service in central and local government comes to an end.
Housing intensification opponents call for 'bespoke approach' in Christchurch
The city council is fighting back against new rules for housing density.
Financial risk of new Christchurch stadium sits with contractors - project boss
The Christchurch City Council in July voted to proceed with a fixed-price build contract.
Gerry Brownlee: Would Christchurch's flooding woes be better managed under new authority?
Opinion: How would Edgeware Rd flooding be fixed under Three Waters?
Christchurch flooding: Small-scale fixes, investment in infrastructure needed
This weeks flooding is a hint of what is to come.
Business and residents' confidence in Christchurch rising, but still low - report
Pulse of Christchurch report finds a metaphorical "tale of two cities".
John MacDonald: Why aren't Selwyn and Waimakariri councils helping pay for stadium?
OPINION: How realistic is a fixed-price - four years out from delivery of the stadium.
Christchurch Stadium: Singing submission echoes through council meeting
John Lennon's 'Imagine' used in stadium submission.