Christchurch

The Christchurch City Council has voted to remove several assets from its strategic list, paving the way for them to be either partially or wholly sold, in the future. Audio

The mayor of Christchurch, Lianne Dalziel, talks to Wallace about the importance of Te Matatini to Otautahi, and to Ngai Tahu. Audio

Mayor Lianne Dalziel discusses Christchurch City Council's proposed rate increases and asset sales. Audio

Christchurch's proposed rates hike of 28-percent has passed its first hurdle. Audio

Rates in Christchurch could rise 26 percent over the next three years as part of a proposal from the city council to meet a 1.2 billion dollar budget shortfall. Audio

About 700 people packed Christchurch's Cardboard Cathedral last night to hear from a panel of experts on why, four years after the big earthquake, they're still waiting for their homes to be rebuilt.

Most motels near Hagley Park in Christchurch are either booked out or have limited accommodation - a week out from Te Matatini - the national kapa haka festival. Audio

Hundreds of people turned out in Christchurch yesterday to mark four years since the earthquake that changed the city forever. Audio

Fans of an American R-N-B singer are furious they waited hours for her concert to begin in Christchurch last night, only to have it end after ten minutes. Audio

A Chilean family taking refuge in a Christchurch church after Immigration New Zealand threatened to deport them says they have battled to gain residency for several years with no luck. Audio

A Christchurch man has spent three hours pinned under nearly two-tonnes of glass as firefighters and a rescue helicopter crew worked delicately to free him. Audio

The woman who set up a Christchurch trust for troubled young people is determined to carry on despite claims the trust is doubling as a men's sex club. Audio

Kahli Hobbs' is 30 weeks pregnant and arrived home yesterday to find all of her possessions had gone up in smoke, including her father's five prized motorbikes. Audio

There have been one or two flare ups over night at the scene of yesterday's large scrub fire at Yaldhurst west of Christchurch Audio

Competition with the booming Auckland housing market, is likely to constrain progress in the Canterbury rebuild, this year. Audio

A Christchurch youth centre is being investigated over suspicions it's a front for a men's sex club but the trust's chair denies it's doing anything wrong. Audio

A Christchurch man had to rip open his plastic para pool during frantic efforts to hold off a large fire which came within two metres of the family home yesterday. The blaze, which took hold on the… Audio

Two insurance workers who had sex in their office late at night oblivious to hundreds of people looking on and filming from a central Christchurch bar could lose their jobs. Audio

A coroner has told a woman not to blame herself after she sent home a drunk man who turned up at her door in the middle of the night. Audio