A new Mean Green ride-on lawn mower is bringing a quiet calm to the job of cutting the grass in Christchurch’s Hagley Park.

Call out for Bella or Charlie at a Christchurch dog park and you could find yourself inundated by pooches.

If you are planning on staying close to home these holidays, make sure you take time out to explore bewitching Banks Peninsula.

We’ve reached maximum daylight hours, the weather’s generally playing ball, and, with a bit of luck, you’ve found a new mountain bike under the Christmas tree to put some miles on.

A close eye will be kept on traffic volumes in the St Albans, Edgeware and Mairehau areas following the opening of the $290 million Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC).

A new information board telling the story of the Lyttelton Rail Tunnel – the oldest rail tunnel in New Zealand - has been erected on Heathcote Valley’s Station Road.

Roll bombs, staples, gorillas, coffins, the traditional cannon-ball or even the kiwi classic manu.

A proposal to develop large areas of the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor Regeneration Area for commercial and community use is unlikely to go ahead.

The Citizens’ War Memorial is going to be shifted to a new spot in Cathedral Square.

Christchurch City Council has signalled that it will provide an extra $60 million of funding for public transport over the next 10 years as part of its commitment to improving bus services.

Safety issues could lead to Christchurch’s City Mall being turned from a pedestrian mall into a shared zone.

Christchurch City Council is taking steps to ensure the city centre’s regeneration continues by developing a new parking policy and addressing the issue of vacant sites.