A fishing club, set up and run by Kaikoura youngsters, is helping them learn, connect and get ahead, thanks to funding from the Foodstuffs South Island Community Trust and local New World.
An iconic North Canterbury cricket ground, which was once the site of a large country estate, is set to get a new $1.1m pavilion as part of a major facelift.
Some Canterbury schools are so full that one is looking at holding lessons on the grass, while another is converting a storeroom into a classroom to manage its growth.