Information technology consultant James welcomes proposed changes to the "unfair" child-support system that has him paying $20,000 a year.

Freedom campers in Christchurch this summer are likely to have new management plans.

The South Island's first private cancer-treatment centre has been officially opened in Christchurch.

A controversial land exchange to enable a $250 million expansion of Canterbury's Porters Ski Area has been put on hold.

Christchurch's Anika Moa has been nominated as a New Zealand Music Awards finalist.

New Zealand's child-support system looks set for the biggest shake-up in nearly 20 years.

Christchurch Arts Centre stallholders plan protests against being moved from their Market Square base, saying the shift is "commercial suicide".

The Government is providing nearly $600,000 for a new academy to encourage more secondary school pupils into science careers.