Stories by Rachel Graham

A Christchurch grandmother is now confident Christmas will be a good day, after receiving a hamper of food and presents from a Christchurch Methodist Mission programme.

One worker says the building is decrepit and falling down around them.

Kain Parsons died after taking part in a charity boxing match. His wife says the practice is abhorrent, and wants it stopped.

An apology without action is just empty words, survivors say, after hours of speeches from heads of government agencies and politicians were broadcast around the country. Audio

Chinese national Tingjun Cao is on trial in the High Court in Christchurch for the murder of the real estate agent in 2023.

Chinese national Tingjun Cao was arrested days after Yanfei Bao's disappearance and later charged with her murder. Audio

警方在Yanfei Bao失踪数日后逮捕了中国籍男子Tingjun Cao，并随后指控其涉嫌谋杀。

John Hope Muchirahondo was found not guilty on eight charges of sexual offending and the jury could not reach a verdict on five others.

Big changes have been announced for Dunedin's hospital - but what exactly is planned? Here's all the info. Audio

The jury in the trial of John Muchirahondo has been told it needs to decide if the man abused vulnerable women, or the complainants are mistaken or making false accusations.

A week on, Nandita says her son is still feeling headaches, dizziness and a sore jaw.

A senior leader has told an inquest that while Sincere Standtrue was slow, he seemed to get on well with other children.

A Christchurch woman says she is horrified that addictive nicotine pouches are being given away to young people via social media.

New Zealand is being warned it is heading toward a tragedy if more is not invested in council infrastructure, and that double-digit rates increases should be expected.

A new WHO report shows there are now four countries who have met all of its anti-smoking best practice measures. Not New Zealand though - we fall short because of the promotion of vaping.

The missing real estate agent was due to show the property to a prospective buyer when she disappeared last week.

It's more than 20 years since a community garden began helping Canterbury University students grow vegetables.

Queen Elizabeth II was patron to five New Zealand organisations, including groups which covered her lifelong interests in horse racing and the armed forces.

A group in Christchurch is plotting a revolution against throwaway culture and wants to help people fix their broken belongings.

Residents in Ladbrooks, a seven-minute drive from the edge of suburban Christchurch, say living in a cellphone coverage blackspot is annoying and dangerous.

The coroner's inquest into the mosque terror attacks will look into the role of social media in the killer's radicalisation, and the emergency response on the day.

RNZCGP is calling for more medical students to be trained up as GPs and warns the wider health system will bear the brunt of the pain if people cannot get to a GP in timely fashion.

Despite no cases of Covid-19 in the entire South Island, it will stay in level 4 lockdown until Tuesday. But many Kiwis south of the Cook Strait are taking it in their stride.

Dunedin City Council has lifted the do not drink notice in Waikouaiti, Karitane and Hawksbury Village, almost six months after it was imposed.

A week ago Brittnay Beddoes had never heard of RSV, but now she knows too well how terrifying it can be.