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By DAVID HILL The Canterbury A&P Association's future is looking more secure thanks to generous support from the community. Nearly $100,000 has been raised by the...

By SHELLEY TOPP A planting day at Kaiapoi's Honda Forest last Saturday provided a reminder of September 4, 2010, when the town suffered extensive earthquake...

By ROBYN BRISTOW Organisers of the Rangiora Festival of Light and Sound in Victoria Park are still hoping to brighten up people's lives and light...

By DAVID HILL Local drama students are soldiering on despite the uncertainty of Covid-19. The Hartley School of Performing Arts remains on track for a whole-school...

By David Hill Covid-19 has claimed another Canterbury A&P show. The Ellesmere A&P Association committee has decided to cancel the 2020 Selwyn Spring Show, which would...

By SHELLEY TOPP The future of the Rangiora Police Station building is uncertain because of earthquake damage. The building at 309 High Street was closed last...

Full life ... Travel has featured strongly in the long life of Mary Ager, of Rangiora. PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP By SHELLEY TOPP Age is having a...

Sparkling scenes .. Scenes from the Botanic Delights Festival in Christchurch, on which the Rangiora Light and Sound Festival is based. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN By...

Wedding anniversary .. Doug and Fonda O'Callahan are enjoying Fonda's first wedding anniversary gift, a 1995 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. The pair married at...

Show cancelled The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed another popular North Canterbury event. The Scargill Horticultural and Home Industries Society, which has been running its annual Spring...