Wed, 5 August 2026
Wed, 5 August 2026
Wed, 5 August 2026
Crusaders and Canterbury hooker George Bell will return home after suffering a calf strain in Cape Town.
Wed, 5 August 2026
The Grand National Festival of Racing continues at Riccarton Park with an August 5 Polytrack raceday and Saturday steeplechase programme.
Wed, 5 August 2026
Sumner resident Jean Rogers celebrated her 100th birthday indoors while winter snow interrupted her preferred gardening plans.
Wed, 5 August 2026
Mandeville Street Kitchen has become the local-operator story Christchurch should not miss this week after a weekend burglary left the Riccarton cafe damaged, short of stock and closed until at least Wednesday.
Tue, 4 August 2026
Canterbury Police and Te Runanga o Nga Maata Waka Maori Wardens have formalised a Christchurch partnership intended to improve community safety, strengthen de-escalation at events and rebuild a visible working relationship between frontline police and wardens.
Tue, 4 August 2026
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Fri, 31 July 2026
Fri, 31 July 2026
A local plumbing couple hit by repeat burglaries has received a free monitored security installation from ADT Christchurch.
Wed, 5 August 2026
Wed, 5 August 2026
Tue, 4 August 2026
Fri, 31 July 2026
Crusaders and Canterbury hooker George Bell will return home after suffering a calf strain in Cape Town.
Wed, 5 August 2026
Kaiapoi teacher Hamish Dale has given North Canterbury basketball a rare international refereeing milestone after becoming the first New Zealand 3x3 referee to officiate at a Commonwealth Games.
Tue, 4 August 2026
Richie Mo'unga's first Canterbury appearance since 2020 ended with the first five-eighth scoring the decisive late try in a 38-31 NPC win over Auckland.
Sun, 2 August 2026
Canterbury Rugby will open a new home chapter on Saturday night when its NPC side faces Auckland at One NZ Stadium in a round-one fixture built around both rivalry and ceremony.
Fri, 31 July 2026
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Sumner resident Jean Rogers celebrated her 100th birthday indoors while winter snow interrupted her preferred gardening plans.
Wed, 5 August 2026
Nurse Maude care and support workers took strike action in Christchurch on Friday morning as a pay and sick-leave dispute widened across several centres.
Fri, 31 July 2026
He Waka Tapu has begun construction on Project Hauora in east Christchurch and launched a $1 million fundraising campaign to help complete a new health and wellbeing hub.
Fri, 31 July 2026
Heavy snow on Lewis Pass left multiple vehicles stuck on State Highway 7 on Friday night and created a no-detour travel warning for Canterbury drivers heading toward the West Coast and upper South Island.
Fri, 31 July 2026
China Southern's seasonal Christchurch service is set to return from late October, giving South Island travellers another direct international pathway through Guangzhou and adding seats during the summer travel period.
Mon, 27 July 2026
State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura could reopen as early as Tuesday 14 July, giving North Canterbury travellers and freight operators a possible end point after days of flood damage, slips and long detours.
Sun, 12 July 2026
Mandeville Street Kitchen has become the local-operator story Christchurch should not miss this week after a weekend burglary left the Riccarton cafe damaged, short of stock and closed until at least Wednesday.
Tue, 4 August 2026
Christchurch food truck operators at the Arts Centre say repeated break-ins, vandalism and aggressive behaviour are making it harder for small hospitality businesses to keep trading.
Sun, 2 August 2026
North Canterbury's food-security work is receiving stronger cross-council support as households face higher living costs and local food banks carry heavier demand.
Wed, 29 July 2026
The Grand National Festival of Racing continues at Riccarton Park with an August 5 Polytrack raceday and Saturday steeplechase programme.
Wed, 5 August 2026
Crankworx Christchurch will return to Christchurch Adventure Park from 18 to 21 February 2027, keeping the city on the global mountain biking calendar and giving Canterbury another major event built around outdoor sport.
Tue, 4 August 2026
Beyondance co-founders Lisel Zhang and Yajing Wang have turned Christchurch's K-pop dance community into a national drawcard, with the inaugural KROWN K-pop Dance Championship bringing more than 100 dancers to the city.
Fri, 31 July 2026
Open Closed Doors is bringing the documentary Exposure to Christchurch as part of a founder-led push to make intensive obsessive compulsive disorder treatment more accessible in New Zealand.
Fri, 31 July 2026
