Oaks felled to protect cyclists
Gone ... Oaks alongside Rangiora-Woodend Road were felled because of the risk they posed to cyclists.PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP
By SHELLEY TOPP
Oak trees believed to be...
Lost local control frustrates Mayor
By ROBYN BRISTOW
Hurunui Mayor Winton Dalley is critical of legislation and regulations which saw local communities and those with comprehensive local knowledge "steam rolled"...
`It has been a struggle’
End of an era ... Shoppers gather around the closed doors at the Rangiora Paper Plus and Toyworld store to read a notice saying...
Swimming holes in the Hurunui and Waiau Rivers enhanced
A splash of summer . . . The Hurunui River at the State Highway Seven site near Balmoral Reserve. An existing swimming hole is...
Concerns over the fate of Waikari Hospital
Concern over fate . . . There are fears that Waikari Hospital might not have a part in the Canterbury District Health Board's longer-term...
Farm eyed for 1500 sections in Rangiora
By ROBYN BRISTOW
A dairy farm on Rangiora's eastern fringe has been bought by a consortium with plans for up to 1500 residential sections.
Development of...
Mayoral duo to stand down
Departing mayors .. Hurunui District Mayor Winton Dalley, left, with his wife, Jean, and Kaikoura District Mayor Winston Gray with his wife, Mary. PHOTO:...
Battered Highfield Woolshed to be saved
By Amanda Bowes
It may be buckled, bent and shifted off its piles from a ruptured fault running under it, but the historic Highfield woolshed...
Jenny Anderson bids adieu to Waipara Hills
By ROBYN BRISTOW
Waipara Hills and summer concerts are now synonymous.
And this part of the business owes much to Jenny Anderson who grasped the opportunity...
Ministry signals Hanmer land sale
By ROBYN BRISTOW
The Ministry of Health is quitting the rest of the former Queen Mary Hospital site at Hanmer Springs.
It has decided to dispose...
