Community

  Flexible barriers in the middle of the road, new roundabouts, traffic lights at the Woodend School crossing and changes to speed limits are among...

By SHELLEY TOPP Rangiora's central business district is bustling, with a new coffee shop and a kebab shop being established, and other businesses on the...

By Shelley Topp The Waikuku Beach Surf Life Saving Club's annual mid-winter dip proved a hot ticket at Waikuku Beach last Sunday morning. Hardy souls turned...

Artisitic beauty . . . Students admire their school mural which was unveiled recently. It signifies resilience, respect, responsibility and gratitude. Photo: Supplied By ROBYN...

By SHELLEY TOPP The Waimakariri Winter Festival began life as an invigorator to lift spirits after the Canterbury earthquakes. The annual crowd-pleaser is in its fourth...

By SHELLEY TOPP A large photographic reproduction commissioned by the Waimakariri Art Collection Trust has been installed in the Waimakariri District Council chambers. The work, Raise...

By ROBYN BRISTOW Woodend, following in the footsteps of a hit 2017 movie, is using three billboards to get its message across. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,...

By RACHEL MACDONALD Forget the Colonel's 11 secret herbs and spices. A jealously guarded family recipe for the first sausages to be exported from New Zealand...

By SHELLEY TOPP The inviting aroma of bone broth cooking provided a warm welcome inside the Kaiapoi Community Gardens new cottage last week. Volunteers at the...

Nitrate levels in Christchurch's drinking water are not expected to exceed safe drinking levels in the future, according to Waimakariri Irrigation Limited (WIL). Chief executive...