EmploymentLabour market unlikely to boost wagesEmployment growth slowed in the June quarter and outside Canterbury it stalled altogether.06 Aug 05:00 PM
TravelTekapo: Seeing the universeBevan Hurley sees stars over millions of light years from one of only four dark-sky reserves on Earth, from Mt John Observatory, near Lake Tekapo.03 Aug 12:00 AM
New ZealandChristchurch council's $900m black holeChristchurch City Council has revealed it faces a funding black hole of up to $900 million to help rebuild the earthquake-wrecked city. So does that mean asset sales?31 Jul 10:00 PM
New ZealandWoman charged over Christchurch stabbingA woman will appear in court this morning after allegedly stabbing a man in an altercation in Christchurch last night.30 Jul 10:46 PM
New ZealandBody found inside Christchurch houseA body was found inside a Christchurch house overnight in what police are at this stage treating as a suspicious death.28 Jul 11:02 PM
New ZealandCanterbury's building crisis as widespread as leaky home issueA building crisis in Canterbury could be as widespread as the leaky home issue, lawyers say.27 Jul 11:37 PM
TravelAkaroa: Bank on visual treatsThe road around Banks Peninsula is steeped in history, finds Wendy Dunlop.21 Jul 12:00 AM
New ZealandConvicted driver 'so sorry' for deathsThe foreign driver who ran a stop sign and killed three people would "hurt for the rest of his life", a close friend said last night.17 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandBrothers jailed for fatally starving horsesTwo brothers who starved horses so badly they had to be shot by animal welfare officers have been jailed and banned from owning horses for five years.16 Jul 05:38 AM
OpinionEditorial: Quake levy as part of rates a no-brainerEditorial: It is easy to sympathise with Local Govt NZ's misgivings about Labour's plan to take EQC levies off insurance premiums and add them to rates bills.11 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionDoes this look like a ruin?Jim Anderton asks: 'Take a good look at the Cathedral as it still stands today, (taken from a helicopter on June 7, 2014), and ask yourself does this look like a ruin to you?'08 Jul 09:30 PM
New ZealandFather dead after jet-ski accidentA father-of-three is dead after a weekend jet-ski trip with his brother and friend turned to tragedy in North Canterbury.06 Jul 08:20 PM
New ZealandTeen faces preventive detentionAn open-ended sentence is being considered for a teenager who raped a 17-year old woman and a young girl who jumped out of a speeding car to escape him.02 Jul 01:21 AM
OpinionPaul LittlePaul Little: Failures of seismic proportionsFor many people in Canterbury, the earthquakes of September 2010, February 2011 and later had little or no effect.28 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandWoman accused of smuggling heroin into NZA South African woman who has been accused of importing heroin with a street value of $1.2 million has had a hospital bedside court hearing.26 Jun 10:25 PM
TravelKia ora: CheviotElisabeth Easther explores an outdoor oasis nestled in North Canterbury.26 Jun 09:30 PM
New Zealand$1 house sells for $10,500A Christchurch couple's red zoned house will be auctioned tonight with a $1 reserve, but buyers have so far shown little interest.26 Jun 08:07 AM
New ZealandPoppy Day poppies no longer made in OzThe return of a contract to New Zealand to make Poppy Day poppies is being celebrated by veterans.25 Jun 08:30 PM
