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The High Court has ruled Canterbury's regional council erred when it allowed farms to discharge nitrates and other pollu...
24/12/2025

The High Court has ruled Canterbury's regional council erred when it allowed farms to discharge nitrates and other pollution without resource consents, but stopped short of ordering it to change the rule.

A court has ruled Canterbury's regional council erred when it allowed farms to discharge nitrates and other pollution without consents, but stopped...

A fire has destroyed a home and left one person injured in the Christchurch suburb of Mairehau early this morning.
23/12/2025

A fire has destroyed a home and left one person injured in the Christchurch suburb of Mairehau early this morning.

A fire has destroyed a home and left one person injured in the Christchurch suburb of Mairehau. Up to four crews were called to Kellys Road shortly...

Suzuki Fronx owners are being warned not to carry passengers in the back seat after the seat belt failed a lab crash tes...
22/12/2025

Suzuki Fronx owners are being warned not to carry passengers in the back seat after the seat belt failed a lab crash test.

Suzuki Fronx owners are being warned not to carry passengers in the back seat after the seat belt failed a lab crash test. The New Zealand...

Investors are being warned to "fully inform themselves" before giving businessman Bernard Whimp or anyone associated wit...
22/12/2025

Investors are being warned to "fully inform themselves" before giving businessman Bernard Whimp or anyone associated with Christchurch-based investment firm Chance Voight any more money.

It was reported earlier this month the FMA was looking into Chance Voight Investment Corporation and businessman Bernard Whimp.

WATCH🎥: A family is distraught a mother’s headstone has been repeatedly damaged at an Ashburton cemetery, with no help f...
18/12/2025

WATCH🎥: A family is distraught a mother’s headstone has been repeatedly damaged at an Ashburton cemetery, with no help from authorities despite camera footage.

A family is distraught that a mother’s headstone has been repeatedly damaged at the cemetery in Ashburton.

The grieving family of a Christchurch woman murdered by a possessive stalker says she was kind, hardworking and deeply d...
17/12/2025

The grieving family of a Christchurch woman murdered by a possessive stalker says she was kind, hardworking and deeply devoted to her children.

Chantal McDonald was murdered by Nathan Boulter, who had a long history of stalking and assaulting former partners.

First images of the country's longest swing bridge in Canterbury have been revealed - and the project has caused a few h...
16/12/2025

First images of the country's longest swing bridge in Canterbury have been revealed - and the project has caused a few headaches, the Department of Conservation says.

First images of the country's longest swing bridge have been revealed, and the project has caused a few headaches, the Department of Conservation...

Police are appealing for the public's help as they investigate a stolen trailer and motorcycles in the Christchurch area...
16/12/2025

Police are appealing for the public's help as they investigate a stolen trailer and motorcycles in the Christchurch area.

Police are appealing for the public's help as they investigate a stolen trailer and motorcycles in the Christchurch area. Yesterday, police...

Depending on who you ask, Canterbury is either in the grip of a nitrate emergency or controlled by environmental alarmis...
15/12/2025

Depending on who you ask, Canterbury is either in the grip of a nitrate emergency or controlled by environmental alarmists waging a war on dairy cows. Despite the disagreement, there is no dispute the region's dairy boom has coincided with a decline in water quality. In the first of a three-part series 'Water Fight', Tim Brown reports on the health concerns raised by worsening drinking water contamination.

Canterbury is either in the grip of a nitrate emergency or controlled by environmental alarmists waging a war on dairy cows. Despite the...

An Ashburton man has pleaded guilty to causing the death of Otago hunter Jock Davies in Stewart Island and can now be n...
15/12/2025

An Ashburton man has pleaded guilty to causing the death of Otago hunter Jock Davies in Stewart Island and can now be named.

A man has pleaded guilty to causing the hunting death of an Otago man Jock Davies in Stewart Island and can now be named. Paul William John...

An Omarama farming family fears it could lose hundreds of hectares of land, critical to its farming operation, while the...
15/12/2025

An Omarama farming family fears it could lose hundreds of hectares of land, critical to its farming operation, while the consenting for river protection work is processed.

An Omarama farming family fears it could lose hundreds of hectares of land, critical to its farming operation, while the consenting for river...

State Highway 1 is down to one lane south of Dunsandel after a car hit a powerpole shortly before noon today.
15/12/2025

State Highway 1 is down to one lane south of Dunsandel after a car hit a powerpole shortly before noon today.

State Highway 1 is down to one lane south of Dunsandel after a car hit a powerpole shortly before noon today. A police statement said the single...

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