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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A youth has been charged with assault following an incident at a West Coast school this morning. Police were called to Greymouth High School at 9.20am after the youth allegedly assaulted another ...

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 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, ...

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 ...

Former Christchurch singer Hayley Westenra has spoken of her heartbreak following the murders of two of her closest friends in Los Angeles. Robin Kaye, a long-time music supervisor for American Idol, ...