Christchurch News

The murderer of Christchurch cat protection worker Kerry Downey has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. Ashley Peach last month admitted strangling the 52-year-old in August last year. This morning, the court heard the victim impact statements of six...

A New Zealand man has been ordered to pay US$15.5 million ($21.3 million) for his part in an international spam network said to be one of the largest in internet history. Lance Atkinson, who now lives in Australia, was ordered...

Biosecurity officials are investigating whether genetically engineered plants have spread from a containment glasshouse on the Lincoln campus of Plant and Food Research, near Christchurch. Regulators were told about the breach on Wednesday, but it was not announced until today....

A boy who helped rescue a burning woman in Christchurch yesterday says he found petrol and a small fire when he went looking for the cause of her burns. The 26-year-old woman was in a serious condition in Christchurch Hospital...

Jason Paul Somerville killed his wife and another woman because he was angry at them. He murdered his 35-year old wife Rebecca Chamberlain on 30th august 2009 because she refused to have sex with him – he then fulfilled his...

Manager Carlo Checchinato read out the team to play the All Blacks, stood up, and left. Fifty-odd journalists from Italy and New Zealand scratched their heads and wondered who to ask about a side containing only two changes from the...

Mixed emotions for the six family members of Erebus disaster victims heading to Antarctica today. Tomorrow marks 30 years since flight 901 crashed into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 passengers and crew on board. Pip Collins, daughter of the flight's...

The receivers of century-old Christchurch clothing manufacturer Lane Walker Rudkin Industries have clammed up on the number of workers being made redundant at the Christchurch factory. They will not comment on how many are being laid off while the National...

Sir Don Beaven, at a celebration of his life in 2005. A renowned Christchurch medical professor has died in a house fire on Banks Peninsula. Sir Don Beaven, an authority on diabetes and a former chairman of the Canterbury Area...

She says the pupils have several other options to continue their education. "Within about 1.5 kilometres, there are another four schools that the children could attend. (Aorangi) is a small school and its roll has been falling since 2002." Mrs...