Port Hills
Christchurch: The 'capital of cool'
Our second biggest city is experiencing the type of revival that should make the rest of New Zealand envious.
Christchurch - city of colour, capital of cool
Our second biggest city is experiencing the type of revival that should make the rest of New Zealand envious Audio
Around the motu: David Williams in Christchurch
Christchurch City Council staff are leaving in droves. 492, or 20 percent of staff, left last year, higher than the 426 permanent employees who left in 2021. That includes 11 senior leaders and 39… Audio
Quake-hit Port Hills road set to re-open after eight years
The road between Sumner and Lyttelton on Christchurch's Port Hills is set to re-open at the end of March.
Work starts restoring fire ravaged Port Hills
Fires ripped through nearly 2000 hectares of trees and farmland in Christchurch's Port Hills last year, undoing years of hard toil put in by tree planting volunteers. An ambitious plan to replant them… Video, Audio
One year since fire tore through Port Hills
Helicopter pilot Steve Askin died fighting the Port Hills fires and nine homes were destroyed. New Zealanders are being warned to prepare for more fires like it. Video, Audio
'People are chomping at the bit to get back in here'
After months of waiting keen mountain bikers got to experience the Christchurch Adventure Park again after the destructive Port Hills fires. Video, Audio
The Port Hills fires review
An independent review of the port hills fires earlier this year has found the fires were suspicious and the response by emergency services was lacking. The review says the public was confused by bad… Audio
The Port Hills fire: nine months on
Fire and Emergency services are now saying a better response to the massive Port Hills fires earlier in the year could have saved some houses. Audio
Chairlift may have spread Port Hills fire, Christchurch man says
A Christchurch man who lost his home in the Port Hills fire says video appears to show the chairlift spreading the fire. He says he's been searching for answers for months, but no one is helping.
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Will be decades before fire damaged port hills recovers
Conservation groups are starting to look at what can be done to restore the two thousand hectares of scorched land on the Port Hills in Christchurch. Regeneration is expected to take decades. Audio
Reopening of Dyers Rd now priority for Port Hills fire crews
Civil Defence incident controller Mike Grant says the bulk of Dyers Pass Road in the Port Hills remains closed- with no word on when it will be reopened. Audio
Public access may be allowed into Port Hills areas
Hundreds of people who fled their homes during the Port Hills fires have been allowed to return, but when will Civil Defence remove the cordons that are keeping everyone else out? Audio
Worsley Road residents set to return to Port Hills homes
Jo Kinley of Worsley's Road on Christchurch's Port Hills talks of the relief of being allowed to return to her home following the fire. Audio
Some Christchurch cordons lifted, but state of emergency extended
The state of emergency in Christchurch and Selwyn district has been extended for another week, as fire crews continue to battle the Port Hills fire. Video, Audio
Civil Defence in Christchurch opens two key cordons
Some of the Christchurch residents locked out of their homes by the Port Hills fires are being allowed back today as Civil Defence lifts two cordons. Our reporter Maja Burry is there. Audio
Two Port Hills cordons will open to residents this morning
Civil Defence controller, Anne Columbus, says families living in Kennedy's Bush Road and Hoon Hay Valley Road in the Port Hills area will be able to return to their properties today as cordons are… Audio
Port Hills fire: Fire Incident Commander Richard McNamara
Fire incident commander Richard McNamara discusses what's expected to happen today in the Port Hills area as a high risk of flare-ups continues.
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Port Hills fire: Evacuated resident Rory Creach
Rory Creach's home is up the top of Kennedy's Bush and he was forced to evacuate from there on Wednesday. Audio
Port Hills fire: still a huge risk of flare-ups
RNZ reporter Sharon Brettkelly on the latest developments on the fire that wreaked havoc on much of the Port Hills in Christchurch. Audio
