Help sought as winter bites
Stocking up ... Rangiora Salvation Army volunteer Rachael Ching stores canned food donated by local schools. PHOTO: DAVID HILL
By DAVID HILL
Local food banks are...
Meccano to be displayed
By DAVID HILL
The Christchurch Meccano Club is bringing its annual Meccano model and toy display to the Rangiora Bowling Club over Easter.
Club president Alan...
Saracens seeks name on Shield
North Canterbury champions, Saracens, will be seeking to have its name engraved on the Rakahuri Shield for the first time when it hosts Ashley,...
Spring flower show cancelled
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...
Visitors returning to Hanmer Springs
By ROBYN BRISTOW
Hanmer Springs businesses are "delighted and relieved" that visitors are returning to the alpine village.
Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools chief executive Graeme Abbot...
The business of connectivity
By DAVID HILL
Waiau has its own community connector.
Courtney Pemberton has been in the role for three months, working alongside Jess Davidson, who is based...
Hen’s laying performance eggceptional
By ROBYN BRISTOW
A Brown Shaver chook from a Swannanoa property has become the Wonder Woman of the henhouse, laying two eye-wateringly large eggs.
Both are...
Port’s rich history chronicled
By ROBYN BRISTOW
The demise of the MV Tuhoe on the Waimakariri River bar in late September 2015 has spawned an historical account of the Kaiapoi...
Loburn School gears up for jubilee
By RACHEL MACDONALD
Registrations are open, the band is booked, and the cake is being planned, as preparations ramp up for Loburn School's 150th Jubilee...
The long road to recovery
By David Hill
Natural hazards, earthquake recovery and the Covid-19 lockdown were discussed at last Thursday's Kaikoura District Council meeting.
Mayor Craig Mackle says natural hazards...
