Ava Young recruited a Thai national under false pretences, facilitated her entry into New Zealand on a visitor visa, and directed her to advertise and perform massage and sex services. Read...

A man whose wife went missing from a rest home while in respite care for dementia last month is horrified to learn of Christchurch woman Elisabeth Nicholls` death. Read...

Dementia patient Amy Vercoe walked out of an Auckland retirement village while on respite care through a fire exit near her room. Now her husband wants change in light of the recent death of Christchurch woman Elisabeth Nicholls who died after she also disappeared from a retirement village. Read...

Robert “Bob” Jemmett was one of the last people to stay living in an area decimated by the Christchurch earthquakes. Read...

A world-renowned opera singer who has performed on the grandest stages across the globe has had a first in Christchurch. Read...

A directive requiring people entering a court building to remove suit jackets and coats has been described as an `unlawful, excessively intrusive and an egregious abuse of power`. Read...

Department of Conservation staff, local iwi and members of Project Jonah are at the scene and will remain with the body overnight. Read...

The theatre built in 1883 is to be sold by the Canterbury Regional Council, which purchased the quake-damaged building in 2020. Read...

The historic Odeon Theatre in Christchurch is to be sold by the Canterbury Regional Council, which purchased the quake-damaged building in 2020. Read...

Twenty-three properties around Christchurch Men`s Prison are unable to drink water from their private bores, a month after a fuel leak was discovered, Corrections has confirmed. Read...