Sinead Gill

Twelve Christchurch City Council employees walked away with a combined $700,000 payout in the last financial year - more than eight times the cost of severance payouts in the year prior.

One of central Christchurch's last remaining rogue gravel car parks may be upgraded by Christmas, after threats of enforcement action by the city council.

Residential streets near Christchurch schools which dropped to 30kph in the past year will return to their original speed, regardless of what the community wants.

Developers may end up paying twice as much towards infrastructure in some parts of Christchurch and lose discounts for small builds, depending on the outcome of a review.

Transport Minister Simeon Brown has called the decision to shut a cycleway for costly safety improvements to a nearby railway “illogical” and asked KiwiRail to explain.

The arrival of two hi-tech locomotives in Christchurch marks a significant milestone in a $1.7 billion plan to make Aotearoa's freight network quicker, more efficient and better for the environment.

Closing a Christchurch cycleway to avoid an unsafe rail crossing will lead cyclists across an even “more dangerous” crossing, cycling advocates say.

Hundreds of Christchurch homeowners are living in potentially non-compliant homes and could face eye-watering repair bills after questions were raised about the competence of an engineer who worked on their properties.

A nail-biting election in the US next week will have global repercussions. Helping decide the outcome are ex-pat Americans in Christchurch, who spoke to The Press about their ranging emotions in the lead-up.

Dozens of Christchurch tamariki will be forced to take a “scary and dodgy” route to school if the city council fails to stop KiwiRail from enforcing a cycleway closure.