Pool fund gets $942,000
Funding secured ... An artist's impression of Waiau's new pool, which is scheduled to open in late summer. IMAGE: SUPPLIED
By ROBYN BRISTOW
The wrecked Waiau...
Another opportunity to eat to the beat
By DAVID HILL
Rangiora's HappyHire's Eats and Beats event is back for a second year with its wide range of foods and musical beats.
Last year's event...
Family navigates 150 years in retailing
By NEIL CLARKSON
Retailing has run through the veins of the Blackwell family for six generations. That story has now been chronicled in a book...
Air cadets to the very core
By DAVID HILL
Rangiora's air cadets have outgrown their buildings.
The No.88 Squadron Air Training Corps (ATC), based at Rangiora Airfield, was only commissioned two years...
Steaming through the darkness
On track . . . Guardsman Matthew Morrison waits for passengers to return to the Weka Pass steam train at Waikari for its return...
A room with a view
By ROBYN BRISTOW
A legacy of a bygone era is being brought back to life in the Hurunui district.
The historic Balmoral Forest fire lookout, high...
Images of proposed $26m Waimakariri Stadium released
By DAVID HILL
Images of the proposed $26 million Waimakariri indoor sports stadium have been released.
The facility is expected to be included in next year's...
Much of tyre mountain remains near Amberley
By ROBYN BRISTOW
Concern is growing about the mountain of old tyres on the outskirts of Amberley.
Efforts to remove them have so far made only...
Baking era ends for Frickers
By AMANDA BOWES
Baking is in the blood, but after 14 years of supplying the Amberley Farmers' Market with fresh bread, the Frickers, of Waikari,...
NZ Post boxes removed in Rangiora
By SHELLEY TOPP
A decision to remove eight of Rangiora's post boxes puts New Zealand Post in breach of the State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Act, a...
