Stories by Anan Zaki

The South Island's largest port says findings from an independent review into its workplace culture are sobering.

The Parole Board has admitted to a privacy breach after one of its members lost a portable memory drive.

With the border remaining closed to seasonal workers, cherry growers fear huge losses during January's peak harvest time.

A Christchurch community board chairperson says a failed attempt to remove her by Labour-aligned members is an eye opener about the influence of political parties at local government.

An investigator says the drum found at the burned-down workshop of Franz Josef mechanic Clive Raymond Jenkins suggests the fire was started deliberately.

"He's gone crazy, got the bulldozer and is ripping the place up ... and I think he's going to set it on fire ... hurry, hurry."

A leading political scientist is criticising a Labour Party-aligned group in Christchurch, over a stoush which she says risks putting people off local government.

Organisers have decided to reduce numbers by 30 percent this year to make contact tracing easier, with 12,000 tickets sold.

Christchurch leaders are hoping the government is not walking away from its responsibilities in the city.

Time is nearly up for owners of on-sold quake damaged properties in Canterbury to apply to claim money for botched repairs.

A Christchurch white supremacist made hate-filled outbursts both inside and outside court as he had a charge of breaching release conditions dropped.

There is frustration among some families of Pike River, who are calling for better technology to be used in the recovery mission.

A soldier sentenced to military detention for multiple assault charges is still serving in the New Zealand Army, despite him telling a court he would leave.

It's decision day and South Island businesses are pleading for a return to Covid alert level 1.

Two former employees of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority facing fraud charges can now be named.

A Canterbury pilot has recreated the first flight over Aoraki/Mt Cook to mark a century since the maiden voyage.

It is billed as the earthquake that started it all, it was magnitude 7.1 and it hit 10km from the Canterbury town of Darfield at 4.35am on 4 September 2010.

More New Zealanders are looking to charter private flights as the sector reels from the effect of Covid-19.

National leader Judith Collins says allegations surrounding the party's board member Roger Bridge is a matter for the party to deal with internally.

A major post-earthquake building project in Christchurch has needed more than $700,000 in repairs and maintenance to its air-conditioning, electrical and lighting systems.

The impact of Covid-19 on the property market may not be as dramatic as previously thought - thanks in part to a flock of returning New Zealanders.

The resignation of the Canterbury District Health Board's top official is being labelled as a disaster for the region.

The latest advertising campaign by the Chinese Consulate in a prominent Christchurch newspaper is being described as propaganda and untrue.

A Christchurch community is reeling after a tragic house fire killed two young children.

Three police searches - carried out shortly after the Christchurch mosque attacks - were unlawful, the Independent Police Conduct Authority has found.