The main road to Akaroa on Banks Peninsula is still blocked, days after intense rainfall flooded State Highway 75. The highway from Christchurch has been closed from Motukarara to Little River ...

Fire crews were alerted at approximately 7.15am to the slip on the rural State Highway 75, the Christchurch-Akaroa Rd which passes between the two districts. Photo / George Heard ...

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) says the Akaroa highway, SH75, will remain closed overnight and at least until Lake Forsyth/Te Roto o Wairewa can be safely opened to the sea.

A motorist is dead after a single car crash south of Christchurch this afternoon. The car crashed on the Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, near Tai Tapu, at 2.30pm t ...

NZ's newest marine reserve opens at Akaroa. Rachel Young . June 07, 2014 • 08:02pm. Share. New Zealand’s newest marine reserve in Akaroa Harbour was formally opened today.

Christchurch Akaroa Road/State Highway 75, Little River is closed following a crash. The single vehicle crash near Puaha Road was reported just before 6:20am.