Health Minister Jonathan Coleman said there would be no shortfall in the number of beds at Christchurch's new Acute ...

Bed numbers won't be cut

Government vows Christchurch's $445 million Acute Services Building will not be short of beds.

Live: Fire rages

Rural homes have been evacuated near Christchurch.

10:22 PM One house has been destroyed by an out-of-control Darfield fire, others threatened • Residents evacuated

'Massive systemic failures'

Who is to blame for child sex offender Robert Burrett slipping through the cracks?

Shareholder company in liquidation

Stonewood Homes' shareholder company, Holmfirth Group Ltd, is in liquidation.

Killer got $2750 in grants

WINZ gave Russell Tully an advance of $863 to fix his teeth before shooting rampage.

'I knew it would be Sharon'

Sharon Diane Comerford, 54, was shot once and killed in her Seacliff home.

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Fires destroy home, outbuildings

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Recap: Fire destroys home

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Nadolo moved to tears

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McKay partnership closing in on maiden success

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Luisanabelle Midfrew to clash with All Star fillies in Nevele R final

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3500 without power in Otago

Who let a 'monster' slip through?

Deported offenders put strain on group

Homeless man jailed for bag snatch

Counting the cost of funerals

New Regent repairs to start

SAFE's charity status under fire

Abbey Moore and Thomas Moore got married on February 21 but just two weeks later he lost his battle with cancer.

A widow after just two weeks

Christchurch man Peter Mortensen saved a woman and her daughter at New Brighton beach on Saturday night.

Rip tide rescue at New Brighton

Teacher Robert Selwyn Burrett, pictured at Howick Intermediate School in 1983.

Teacher known as 'Bad Breath Burrett'

On the left is a picture of Lake Wardell taken in 2013, and on the right is how it looked earlier this year.

Pines suck lake dry

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Fires destroy home, outbuildings

10:46 PM Fire that caused "pillars of black smoke" to fill the sky now under control.

3500 without power in Otago

More than 3500 residents in Dunedin and Central Otago may go the night without power as fierce winds hammer the region.

'It's a kick in the guts'

SH1 re-opens after fire

Central Christchurch car park delayed

The Lichfield Street car park before demolition began in 2015. A replacement will be completed in May 2017.

New multi-storey car park in central Christchurch won't be open in time for the busy Christmas shopping period.

Council confident of raising $10m for library

Christchurch City Council is confident it will raise the $10 million it needs in philanthropic donations for the new ...

The Christchurch City Council is confident it will raise the $10 million needed from philanthropic donations to complete the new central library.

'Dodgy' drain inspections

Labour's Megan Woods said EQC's re-inspection of earthquake damage to Christchurch's drains "raises yet more serious ...

EQC will reassess thousands of damaged drains after initial inspections were of "variable quality".

Construction hits record levels

The ANZ Centre going up on the corner of Colombo and Cashel streets is one of Christchurch's big construction projects.

Canterbury has had its busiest year for construction ? and the peak may be still to come.

Heritage building rescue a punt

The Midland Club crest adorns the building, but some picture windows have been smashed.

Trying to save Christchurch's old Caffe Roma building is a punt, its new owners say.

Who let a 'monster' slip through?

How can one of New Zealand's worst sex offenders have been allowed back into a school, where he abused 12 young girls? ...

How do we know more sex 'monsters' haven't been allowed into our schools? An investigation is needed urgently.

Ministry deserved rap on knuckles

Financial mismanagement at the Ministry of Health bolsters the case of those who believe more heads should roll.

The Ministry of Health's feckless approach to its finances is another sign it needs serious overhauling.

A familiar vessel containing many mysteries of life

Joe Bennett and Blue at home in Lyttelton.

OPINION: A water trough, a cube of rusting metal, perhaps a metre square and a metre tall. In the 20 years I've been coming this way I've seen only one animal drink from it.

Crucial lessons from collapse

An investigation of the Castle St balcony collapse is to be welcomed, as is the Dunedin City Council's plan to look at ...

Repercussions from Dunedin's Castle St balcony collapse will ripple wider than just the university campus.

What quake refugees can teach us about the refugee crisis

Syrian refugees arriving at Wellington airport in late February.

OPINION: Unlike those who come as quota refugees, the term "quake refugee" is a badge of honour: it says "survivor" not "victim".

Banks 'keeping cut to themselves'

Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler told MPs he expected banks to pass on the full OCR cuts, at least on floating rate ...

Little movement in mortgage rates, despite Reserve Bank saying full cut should be passed on.

Canterbury accountancy firms merge

A third of the owners of Nexia New Zealand, a merger of HFK and Marriotts, are women. Fom left: Jane Jackman, Christine ...

Two "mid tier" Canterbury accountancy firms that have come together to form Nexia New Zealand, led by an unusual number of women.

Mine closure cuts 25 jobs

Bathurst Resources is expected to suspend its Denniston mine operation in May before its main coal buyer, Holcim cement, ...

Another 25 West Coast jobs on the line after Bathurst Mine announces it's likely to close.

Central Christchurch car park delayed

New multi-storey car park in central Christchurch won't be open in time for the busy Christmas shopping period.

Chows: why we bought Stonewood

09102015 AUCKLAND NEWS Businessman John Chow (one of the well known Chow brothers) photographed in his Downtown Auckland ...

Millionaire property magnates plan to turn company into New Zealand's largest homebuilder.

Nadolo moved to tears

Nemani Nadolo shows some wizardry in the Crusaders' Super Rugby match against the Blues.

Crusaders winger provides boost to recovery efforts in Fiji.

McKay partnership closing in on maiden success

Ashley McKay has taken a backwards step from race day riding to concentrate on her training partnership with father Russell.

First win for father and daughter combination on Friday?

Luisanabelle Midfrew to clash with All Star fillies in Nevele R final

Reinsman Matty Williamson has driven Lulabelle Midfrew to all three of her career victories

Lulabelle Midfrew too good in Nevele R heat but it only gets tougher from here

Woodcock ton keeps Firebirds in hunt

Luke Woodcock's seventh first-class century pushed his Wellington Firebirds team to maximum first-innings points against ...

The Wellington Firebirds and Northern Districts are evenly placed going into the final day of their Plunket Shield match in Wellington.

Joseph rejigs loose trio

Highlanders lock Joe Wheeler secures lineout ball against the Blues at Eden Park in the opening round of Super Rugby.

Highlanders and Lions forward packs share same low profile

Fires destroy home, outbuildings

Russell John Tully is a difficult customer wherever he goes.

From nice bloke to killer

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Rock offers pure visceral pleasure

The ensemble work of the cast is a particular strength of the Rock of Ages production currently being performed in ...

REVIEW: Rock of Age is a show that pumps with energy

Pressing ahead in print

The latest edition of Christchurch music magazine Cheap Thrills, hot off the presses.

Ilam Press have no plans to take their popular "fanzines" online

The iconic Iconic is back

The Iconic is open and includes a restaurant, club and bar.

Cafe Chat: Iconic serves breakfast until 3am on weekends and is one of Christchurch's few clubbing venues.

Best brunch spots in Christchurch

Often the most sought after meal of the weekend, Neat Places goes on the hunt for Christchurch's best brunch cafes.

Celebrations

Births, weddings, engagements

Death notices

Death notices and in memoriam

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