Protests in the Parnell Rose Garden have delayed the Auckland memorial - for the 237 people who died onboard the Air New Zealand sight-seeing trip in 1979

Advocate Ian Shrimpton says the plane was due to stop in Christchurch on its return to Auckland.

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20 Apr: Police are acknowledging the sentencing of the pair responsible for murdering Christchurch mother, Angela Blackmoore -- saying it's a long and painful 28 years for her family

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19 Apr: A teenager has admitted the manslaughter of a woman killed in a rural Canterbury crash

18 Apr: Fire crews have extinguished a house fire in the Christchurch suburb of Papanui overnight

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