Rachel Graham

With the cost of food soaring - many students are struggling to eat well. But a garden at Canterbury University is helping to feed many.

Today marks 20 years since a group of students turned a lawn… Video, Audio

Warning: Some of the details in this report will be upsetting to some listeners.

The father of a Christchurch-born young man shot by police in the United States, says his death amounts to murder.

… Audio

WorkSafe's been accused of being 'all talk' after it issued a warning to construction companies that it's getting tough on those who put workers lives at risk.

Some workers are still in Auckland's… Audio

Banks Avenue Primary students in Christchurch have had to put up with a broken school.

Broken paths, faulty windows, cold classrooms and scruffy carpet - after 10 years of making it work, today… Video, Audio

With waiting lists for elective surgery blowing out even further because of Covid restrictions, some are setting their sights on other countries to get the treatment they're wanting.

Rachel Graham… Audio

A Christchurch resident who lives and works near the burnt out wastewater plant - sending a stench over the city - says he's amazed there's been no warning on the health impact. Yesterday Christchurch… Audio

Now to the Canterbury town that's got make shift showers in a car park because what runs out of their taps, gives people rashes.

The water in Springfield runs brown or yellow and in the last year… Video, Audio

A stark warning from GPs today - a visit to the clinic is going to get more difficult as they face a major shortage.

The Royal College of General Practitioners says more medical students need to be… Audio

Sheep - they're written off as dimwitted despite scientific evidence to the contrary.

So, one sheep owner in Christchurch is out to prove once and for all that we've been underestimating the… Video, Audio

Four years ago Christchurch City Council vowed to get tough on the owners of 30 central city buildings left derelict since the 2011 earthquake.

A wander through central Christchurch shows many of the… Video, Audio

A state of emergency has been declared in the Buller District, as heavy rain continues to pummel the region.

Thousands of sandbags have been dispatched to help people protect their homes.

The… Audio

The days are numbered for MIQ for most people, with New Zealanders able to travel home and home isolate from Janaury or February next year, depending on where they're coming from.

But it'll stay in… Video, Audio

The Prime Minister has made her first trip to the South Island since Delta arrived on New Zealand's shores, today visiting Christchurch to push the vaccine message.

Jacinda Arden was in Woolston -… Video, Audio

The government's Three Waters plan has been labelled an attack on democracy at a council-organised rally in North Canterbury.

Hurunui District council is one of several councils opposing the… Audio

The Canterbury Anniversary Day public holiday is known as Show Day in region, the day country comes to town. But not today.

For the second time since World War Two there was no A and P show on in… Video, Audio

It's turning into a scorcher for Canterbury's anniversary holiday.

Normally, thousands of people would be at the showgrounds checking out tractors, turning green on fairground rides, and patting some… Audio

A Christchurch woman who has a medical exemption to not wear a mask, says the judgement and stigma she faces in stores makes her condition even worse.

Jody Devine carries an exemption card to show… Audio

From the end of November 300 health workers will be given spots in MIQ each month but the big question is who will get those spots.

The Ministry of Health will work with DHBs and Primary Health… Audio

A bid to relive the community spirit, hi-jinks and inter-town competitiveness of telethons of the past will get underway across the country this weekend with the Super Saturday vaxathon.

Up and down… Audio