A Christchurch woman who turned personal tragedy into a life of service has been recognised with a special community award. Lynette Whitt was honoured on Friday evening for her voluntary work with ...

Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews have contained a vegetation fire in Canterbury. Crews were first alerted to the fire at the Waimakariri riverbed, near the Waimakariri Gorge Bridge, around 9pm ...

A police operation is underway in the Christchurch suburb of Parklands. A police spokesperson told chrislynchmedia.com “One person has been taken into custody following an incident on Lamorna Road ...

Thousands of overseas building products will be easier to use in New Zealand from tomorrow in a move the Government says will reduce costs and increase competition in the construction sector. Building ...

A person has died following the crash last night on State Highway 1/Rakaia Highway. The two-vehicle crash was reported to police around 7:20pm. A police spokesman said one person died at the scene, ...

Homelessness in New Zealand is on the rise, with nearly 5,000 people now living without shelter, according to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development’s latest insights report for June 2025. The ...

A section of State Highway 1 north of Ashburton has been closed following a serious two-vehicle crash on Thursday evening. The highway is shut between Works Road and Fairview West Road, with emergency ...

The Government has announced $5.85 million in funding for the Tāwhaki Joint Venture, giving a major boost to the national aerospace centre based at Canterbury’s Kaitorete Spit. The funding will ...

The ACT Party is calling out what it describes as race-based discrimination in a major engineering firm’s internship recruitment process, warning the practice reflects a dangerous shift from ...

A 10-year-old from Christchurch has made disc golf history by becoming just the third person ever to win three or more junior world titles. Sarah dominated the World Junior Disc Golf Championships in ...

Fonterra Chief Executive Miles Hurrell has defended the high cost of dairy products in New Zealand, saying international demand and global pricing structures are driving domestic prices. The price of ...

Hospitals and health services across Christchurch will be impacted by a planned 24-hour strike involving nurses, healthcare assistants, and some midwives employed by Health New Zealand. The strike, ...