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Christchurch landmarks light up pink for breast cancer awareness month New Regent St, Canterbury Museum and the Fanfare sculpture will don a pinkish hue for a women's health fundraising campaign.

Physical search for woman missing near Kaikōura scales back Melissa Ewings was last seen on the afternoon of September 20, after telling friends she was going for a river walk.

'We just want you to be safe': Family appeal for information on missing teen The eldest sister of a 13-year-old boy missing for a month is pleading for him to contact his family and return home.

Plugging in... to Christchurch East where voters talk climate change and conspiracies Climate change is the key issue for some this election. "Nothing else really matters if there isn't a planet."

Covid-19: Canterbury children falling behind on vaccinations since coronavirus The number of Canterbury children falling behind on their vaccinations has increased by 50 per cent since the Covid-19 lockdown lifted.

Driver who killed son in crash ‘has been punished enough’ Efren Estareja Estrella must carry the “lifelong sentence” of knowing his son died because he ran through a stop sign, a judge says.

Strong gusts and snowfall as chill swept up from the Antarctic A van skidded on ice before plunging 5 metres off a bridge as snow and cold temperatures caused disruption in the South Island on Tuesday.

Fallen tree causes traffic delays at Little River in Canterbury The main road between Christchurch and Akaroa is down to one lane at Little River.