Christchurch

• Country: New Zealand

Christchurch builders have months of work on new houses and alterations

• Country: New Zealand

Rise Against guitarist Zach Blair on old friends, Christchurch memories and three decades of punk rock

From streaming to AI and immigration politics, the American punk rocker has plenty to say about today’s challenges - and how the stage is still where he wants to be.

• Country: New Zealand

Five buildings face demolition as Christchurch council weighs heritage and community costs

The Christchurch City Council is being asked to approve the demolition of five community and heritage buildings, including three historic properties across the city.

• Country: New Zealand

Christchurch artist approached by his favourite coffee brand to feature on limited edition packets

A Christchurch-launched coffee business that was central to the city’s post-earthquake Re:START mall has launched a new packet that celebrates the role artists played in the post-2011 regeneration.

• Country: New Zealand

Christchurch woman’s life saved by a stranger’s swab

A Christchurch woman whose life was saved by a stranger’s stem-cell donation is urging more young New Zealanders, particularly Māori and Pacific people, to join the bone marrow donor registry.

• Country: New Zealand

How an Indian girl born in Uganda found her way into medicine and worked as a Christchurch GP for decades

From a tiny Ugandan village to Edinburgh medical school and a new life in Christchurch, Amama Thornley overcame barriers to study medicine as an Indian woman before forging a decades-long career caring for others.

• Country: New Zealand

Cashmere home designed for Ernest Rutherford’s widow by influential Christchurch architect back on market

The house was designed by Richard Harman, the architect behind Lake Tekapo’s Church of the Good Shepherd.

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• Country: New Zealand

Christchurch residents told to rely on instincts not sirens for tsunami evacuation

Canterbury's city and district councils will soon move from the three tsunami evacuation zones to a single blue tsunami evacuation zone.

• Country: New Zealand

Police search ‘makeshift backpackers’ where missing Christchurch man last lived

Police have cordoned off a Linwood property as the search continues for 21-year-old Braydon Hepworth.

• Country: New Zealand

A nurse asked party leaders how to solve Christchurch’s ED woes - here’s what they said

Party leaders showed plenty of appetite for top-of-the-cliff approaches to solving issues in NZ’s emergency departments, but shied away from hiring commitments.