Missing man found 'walking, talking and cold'
A twenty-year-old who was missing for 24 hours on a mountain battered by severe storms has been found "walking, talking and cold", police say.
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Christchurch 2012: Rebuilding a shattered city
The aftershocks have all but stopped, but few in Christchurch dare mention the easing of the earth's fury.
Path to growth hits swampy spot
Brian Fallow writes: "The economy has a soggier soft patch to pull out of next year after September quarter gross domestic product came in below market expectations and the statisticians revised down growth in the first half of the year."
Fletcher fined after worker's injury
Fletcher Construction was fined $45,000 today for a health and safety breach while workers pulled down Christchurch's quake-battered Hotel Grand Chancellor.
Swimming signs replaced after drowning
A 15-year-old Christchurch schoolboy drowned when his family misread a sign, assuming that because it showed a person swimming it meant the river was safe.
Burial battle may require court order
A High Court order enforcing the exhumation of a Christchurch man's body might be needed to finally return his body to his partner, after it was taken to Bay of Plenty.
'Extreme relief' at end of burial battle
Denise Clarke is overwhelmed that the fight to have the body of her partner returned is over after it was taken by his family to be buried with his ancestors.
Family loses legal battle over body burial
The family of a man, who was buried in a place against his partner's wishes has lost a five-year legal battle to have his body buried with his ancestors, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Canterbury murder trial for Sri Lankans set for June
The murder trial for two Sri Lankans accused of killing a fellow countryman has been set down for next June.
New sports hub proposed for Canterbury
A proposal for a major new sports hub at Canterbury Agricultural Park, Wigram, is being looked at by the city council to help sports badly hit by the earthquakes.
Carbon monoxide from faulty fridge killed man - coroner
A coroner has recommended that the Government review its safety messages around gas appliances in caravans.
11,000 teachers sign against Govt plans
A petition signed by more than 11,000 Canterbury teachers calling for the Government's plans for the future of education in Christchurch to be stopped has been delivered.
No closure for CTV families
Lessons will be learned, future lives saved, but for families of Canterbury Television building earthquake victims there will never be closure.
CTV: 20 years of errors
A series of errors over 20 years led to the catastrophic collapse of the CTV building in the second major Christchurch quake, a Royal Commission has found.
CTV findings welcomed
Families of Canterbury Television building collapse victims have welcomed the findings of a royal commission into the building's collapse.
Most NZ buildings to be quake assessed
All non-residential buildings and high-rise, multi-unit apartments in NZ will be assessed for earthquake risk and the results made public under new proposals.
NZ building work has biggest gain in 10 years
There's been a surprisingly big jump in building activity, with the biggest quarterly gain in the past ten years, driven by construction work in Canterbury and the upper North Island.
Mechanic describes gruesome discovery
A four wheel drive enthusiast has described stumbling across the charred human remains of North Canterbury resident Shane Malcolm Bell in a burnt out car.
Police probe gruesome death
It could be several days before police determine whether the gruesome death of a car salesman was the result of foul play, an accident or self-inflicted.
Body found in burnt-out vehicle
Police are investigating a suspicious death after a body was found inside a burnt out car in North Canterbury yesterday.