Eleisha Foon

Youth offenders at Christchurch Men's prison have been learning gardening skills and growing award-winning vegetables.

A programme run in the youth unit is inspiring young men to pick up green-thumb… Video, Audio

Plans for a new Christchurch cycleway will continue, despite an attempt to halt the process earlier today.

Hundreds of residents and several business owners are frustrated and upset they weren't… Audio

Residents of Waikouaiti and Karitane say they are afraid for the health of their families after levels of lead in the local water supply were found to be 40 times the safe amount.

That level of… Audio

A Karitane mother has already taken her baby for lead testing because she's so worried about the unsafe levels in the water she's been feeding the child.

Residents were last night told the supply was… Audio

After a massive pile of tyres near Amberley was set on fire on Friday a community group is taking the Canterbury Regional Council to court over its inaction in getting the tyres removed.

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Fire crews in Christchurch attended four separate fires on the Port Hills overnight - the same area which was scarred by 2000 hectares of damage in a major blaze in 2017.

The fires are being treated… Audio

An investigation is underway after fire crews put out four fires on Christchurch's Port Hills on Tuesday night.

They are being treated as suspicious.

Christchurch reporter Eleisha Foon speaks to… Audio

From flights to ferries, and from funeral homes to hospital wards.

Covid-19 has forced many New Zealanders to rethink their working lives.

Eleisha Foon spoke to three Kiwis about the career path the… Audio

Christchurch's main anchor project - the Metro Sports facility is making steady progress but delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic means it's now two years away from operating. It will be the largest… Audio

The number of young people seeking mental health services in Kāpiti has tripled since lockdown.

That's according to Kāpiti Youth Support which helps close to 80 percent of people in the area aged… Audio

The Human Rights Commission is calling on the government to stand by its promises to make New Zealand fairer for all people. It has released a report today featuring 39 issues from all four Human… Audio

A park ranger living on the door step of Christchurch's Bottle Lake Forest Park says a spate of fires in the area is the worst he's seen in three decades.

Emergency services, locals and council are… Audio

South Canterbury and North Otago farmers are on the precipice of a drought and NIWA's latest hotspot report shows they have the driest soils in the South Island.

In turn, farmers are having to make… Audio

The Grey District Mayor is pushing for new rules on freedom camping and says the whole country should follow suit.

Proposals include tighter restrictions on the number of people allowed in certain… Audio

Members of Extinction Rebellion have been arrested in a protest at a Canterbury coal mine - they were calling on the mine operator to decommission their operation, and for the government to support… Audio

A group of protesters have blockaded an open cast coal mine.

Extinction Rebellion arrived at Canterbury Coal mine early this morning, near the town of Coalgate, about an hour west of Christchurch.

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A Christchurch hospital dentist says people are coming close to death in order to manage the pain of untreated dental disease themselves.

Within the last two months, at least one person a week is… Audio

Many New Zealanders are breathing a sigh of relief after the Prime Minister announced today the country is moving down alert levels.

Auckland will be moving to level two from Wednesday midnight and… Audio