Latest from Christchurch CBD

A liquor store employee was bashed in the head with full bottles of alcohol during a violent robbery by two teenagers in Christchurch last night.

An 18 year old had to be cut from a vehicle after he crashed into the back of a parked truck in Dunedin last night, police say.

Fire fighters are at the scene of a blaze in Cathedral Square in Christchurch. Six fire trucks were called to the scene at about 12.23pm.

A man found loitering in Christchurch this morning has been arrested after allegedly attacking a police officer and trying to choke and break a police dog's leg.

A Christchurch cricket pavilion went up in flames this morning in a suspected suspicious blaze.

A man presented a small handgun to a dairy owner in Christchurch yesterday and demanded cigarettes and money.

A house fire in central Christchurch this morning is being treated as suspicious.

The owner of a car which crashed into the Avon River in Christchurch this morning is being interviewed by police.

Some people working to rebuild Christchurch have been exposed to high levels of a chemical compound linked to lung disease and other health hazards.

The civil engineer behind the CTV building which collapsed in the 2011 earthquake has been cleared of misleading NZ’s professional engineering body.

Police investigating the 2011 collapse of the Canterbury Television (CTV) building which killed more than 100 people have executed four search warrants.

Documents and items of interest have been seized by police as part of an investigation into the collapse of the CTV building.

Two trucks have collided at an intersection outside of Christchurch this morning.

So much was lost when the February 2011 earthquake hit Christchurch - lives, heritage, important buildings, and a large chunk of the city centre.

Some of the biggest buildings of the new-look Christchurch are being put together virtual piece by virtual piece, thanks to remarkable 3D technology.

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake shook Christchurch overnight.

The workers who prepared Christchurch's Hagley Oval for this year's Cricket Work Cup have been recognised for their outstanding work.

Prison beatings happen in New Zealand almost daily and only "good luck" stands in the way of more deaths.

A second case of measles signals the disease has gained a foothold in Christchurch, health officials say.

The Quake Outcasts group have had a partial victory in their appeal against the Government's buyout offers following the Canterbury earthquakes.

A Taiwanese tourist driver and widow who killed her own father after running a stop sign has today been shown mercy by a judge.

An elderly woman has died at a Christchurch swimming pool today.

A serial streaker who ran naked across the pitch during the opening match of the Cricket World Cup has been fined $1500 for his 'idiotic and exhibitionist' stunt.

An 11-year-old boy has been pulled off his bicycle and bashed in a daylight attack in Christchurch.

She came to New Zealand to recover from depression brought on by her partner's death in a motorcycle crash.