Community

By DAVID HILL Kaiapoi's aqua play park Trust has overcome its challenges to enjoy a successful first season. The aqua play park has been packed away...

North Canterbury primary school children will benefit from the annual Rangiora Rotary Club spring bulb sale. The proceeds of the club's annual bulb sale will...

By DAVID HILL In his 10 years at Kaiapoi High School, Bruce Kearney has overseen a transformation to become the school of choice for many...

By ROBYN BRISTOW Cheviot's community has been captured in a swish, colourful mural now gracing the south wall of the Knox Community Centre. The Di Dixon...

ADAM BURNS, LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTER National Party leader Christopher Luxon is backing his "great mate and body double", on the front bench, to lift the...

By Robyn Bristow A young couple's car has been wrecked in their Woodend driveway after two youths jumped on the roof, caving it in, and...

By SHELLEY TOPP Kaiapoi's world record-breaking long-distance runner, Emma Timmis, is excited to have her first solo art exhibition. There are 26 images in the Emma...

By ADAM BURNS, LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTER A North Canterbury school principal says pupils may be apprehensive when the revamped history curriculum is introduced into classrooms. Kaiapoi...

Demolition of hospital begins . . . Work has begun knocking down the old Rangiora Hospital after work was completed to remove asbestos from the...

ADAM BURNS, LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTER Multimillion dollar plans for a proposed flyride tourist attraction in Hanmer Springs appear set to take off, despite ongoing objections...