Emergency services have found a car submerged in Christchurch’s Avon River with fears people could be inside. Fire and Emergency NZ was “working to determine whether there is anybody inside”, a ...

Police are seeking sightings of a second car believed to have taken off moments after a man was killed on a street in Christchurch. Video / Sam Sherwood Police are searching Christchurch’s Avon River ...

A site with a view of the Southern Alps has been selected as the preferred location for the long-awaited memorial.

The part of the Avon River in New Brighton where the submerged car was discovered by a member of the public. Photo: Supplied Emergency services are at the scene after a car was found submerged in the ...

Christchurch mayor Phil Mauger has brought back the idea for the barrier across Southshore Spit to near Shag Rock.

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Some river dwellers are undergoing a temporary shift as the revitalisation of the Avon River continues from this week. As part of the development of the 3.2km-long Avon River Precinct, the stretch of ...

AvON welcomes Gerry Brownlee’s comment that decisions on future recreational uses of red zone land are for the wider community to make. As an organisation with more than 200 individual members and 50 ...

The Saxons, pragmatic and descriptive, named it for exactly what it was  Twynham (or Tweoxneam), meaning "the place between two rivers".