Latest from Christchurch CBD

Space summit protestors
Protestors outside the New Zealand Aerospace Summit 2024 at the Te Pae Convention Centre in Christchurch. Video / NZ Herald

'Celebrating Ōtautahi': Christchurch’s World Buskers Festival returning
Street artists and performers will fill the streets as event confirmed for 3 more years.

Property Insider: Fletcher Construction ‘restructures’ teams, Williams Corporation boss on investor returns
'Investors with us for years, they get paid quarterly. We’ve never missed a payment.'

Christchurch cathedral rebuild hopes crumble as Govt declines funding
Government will not provide $60m of taxpayer cash to bail out troubled project.

Two people hospitalised following alleged stabbing outside central Christchurch bar
Emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 4am.

Survivor shares harrowing story of Mama Hooch sexual assault
At 22, Danielle Gare was drugged and assaulted at Mama Hooch. Now 28, she bravely shares her journey to inspire others. Video / Carson Bluck

Frank Film: Christchurch’s Tūranga - What a 21st century library can be
'There’s probably not another library like it in the world.'

Christchurch’s new Catholic cathedral to be built on same site as last one
The original Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament was demolished in 2020 after quake damage.

Where new supermarkets have opened and might rise soon
Where are new stores opening? One store shut in Flaxmere but that's been eclipsed.

Firefighters battling large blaze in central Christchurch
Four fire appliances are attending the scene.

I'm a travel writer. Here's why I chose this Kiwi town for a honeymoon
Of all the possible destinations, no one guessed I'd choose this one.

The Great NZ Road Trip: Christchurch to Greymouth
Shayne Currie continues his journey, this time through Arthur's Pass as he makes his way from Christchurch to Greymouth. Video / NZ Herald

Focus: Stolen car hit by train
Wreckage of stolen car hit by a train cleared by emergency services. Video / Nathan Morton

'Pissed off' bar owner who sacked bouncer during Covid isolation forced to cough up $18k
The employer first said the job was abandoned, before making the bouncer redundant.

Adults only: Tenant evicted after failing to mention her 'home-based business' involved sex work
The landlords recognised their apartment on a sexual services website.

Out of the rubble: The secret of the tourism rebuild in Christchurch
"We were unlucky but lucky, we had a blank canvas" - how the city is rebuilding.

Christchurch superintendent defends police patrols as shop owners rally
The city's top cop has rebuffed claims that police are 'letting the city down'.

Top commercial property sales in 2022 - $1.4 billion of deals
Singaporeans and Australians were involved in some of the biggest deals.

Mongrel Mob ‘take over’ Christchurch Hospital ICU, visiting mother claims
Police said they were responding to a family harm incident at the hospital.

Police name man who died after Christchurch CBD assault
Emergency services were called to the incident on Cashel St just after 6pm on October 18

Christchurch CBD crime unsettles city workers
People working in the Christchurch CBD don't feel safe after recent street attacks.