Community

By DAVID HILL Canterbury's area schools came together to perform kapa haka last week. Rangiora New Life School hosted the Canterbury Area Schools Association (CASA) kapa...

By RACHEL MACDONALD Its autumn concert had to be postponed until mid-winter, but the Rangiora Community Choir hopes to be in good voice this Sunday...

By RACHEL MACDONALD "Unusual and really disappointing" is how North Canterbury Police Sergeant Rob Irvine describes the result of a drink-driving crackdown in the region...

By ROBYN BRISTOW Cows are treated better than people when it comes to road safety, a public meeting at Woodend heard last Thursday. Underpasses were put...

By SHELLEY TOPP A proposal for a new family healthcare centre at the Rangiora Health Hub site by 2021 has been announced, amid hopes it...

The Ashley River/ Rakahuri  Bridge on SH1 north of Waikuku, and south of Amberley, will be closed at nights for essential repairs and strengthening...

By ROBYN BRISTOW Concerns about Ohoka losing its small-village character has resulted in any future provision for rural residential growth in the area being taken...

Could keeping Oxford in the dark help cement its future as a tourist destination for stargazers? PHOTO: CHRIS HAWES By DAVID HILL Oxford's Observatory is hoping...

Making a splash . . . Relay teams race at the opening of the MainPower Waiau Community Pool in February. File photo Waiau's new community...

Waimate-bound . . . The foundation stock waiting to load as part of Waimate High School's agricultural programme. PHOTO: RACHEL MACDONALD By RACHEL MACDONALD Ten Corriedale...