Christchurch now at the centre of the country’s fastest-growing region as lower house prices, job prospects and thriving cultural scene entice people to the city From 2010, New Zealand’s ...

Six absurdist signs resembling official city council information boards have popped up across New Zealand’s second-largest city Outside an abandoned building in New Zealand’s second-biggest city, a ...

Fire crews are battling a “well-involved” house fire in suburban Christchurch. Crews from Redwood, Ilam and Christchurch Central responded to the blaze on Paddington St in the suburb of Northcote just ...

The eagle has landed. One of the police Eagle helicopters from Auckland is in Christchurch for the next two months as part of a crackdown on these criminal kids doing-over dairies and committing other ...

Multiple patients are being treated and cordons are in place. The daycare centre where two adults and five children suffered chemical burns after a hazardous substance was poured on a waterslide have ...

The first major concert to be held at Christchurch’s new covered stadium will feature a headline collaboration between two of New Zealand’s biggest live acts. Six60 and Synthony top the bill for One ...

A school has warned parents about a group of young people causing disruption, threatening members of the public and allegations of dealing drugs. Twynham School in Christchurch, Dorset, is encouraging ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A MAN has been arrested after reportedly failing to stop for police before crashing into a home in Christchurch. Dorset Police received a report at 12.35am on Sunday, October 26, that a car had failed ...

Eastbound journeys are expected to take up to one hour longer and westbound about 45 minutes during the closures Drivers are being warned of lengthy diversions on a stretch of a dual carriageway ...

Majestic, the UK’s largest specialist wine retailer, has opened the doors to its latest store in Christchurch – just in time to help customers stock up for the final Bank Holiday weekend of the summer ...

An aerial view of the beach huts on Mudeford Sandspit taken in May 2020. (Stephen Bath/Skycab Ltd) Tucked away on a remote sandy peninsula off the Dorset coast is a community of beach huts that are ...