Features

By Robyn Bristow A new owner, a new venue and some new experiences await people heading to this year's Christmas Country Fete. Mike Sheppard of Hyde...

By ROBYN BRISTOW Hanmer Springs businesses are "delighted and relieved" that visitors are returning to the alpine village. Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools chief executive Graeme Abbot...

Incoming . . . The new Spitfire mural which provides the back drop to the Rangiora RSA's Victoria Street site. PHOTO: DAVID HILL By DAVID...

Historic Tipapa Estate has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years, being reborn as a North Canterbury events venue. Now, owner John Carr is looking...

By SHELLEY TOPP Support for Boomerang Bags, an Australian initiative established to reduce plastic bag use, is gaining momentum in Rangiora. Claire Buckley has kick started...

By SHELLEY TOPP Something about the old Austin parked under a Loburn hedge caught Eric Anderson's eye. When he worked for the "power board" in the...

By DAVID HILL Kaiapoi's restored St Bartholomew's Church is a finalist for three awards. The category one-listed heritage church, built in 1855, was officially reopened last...

By SHELLEY TOPP A bellbird singing near the Tuhaitara Coastal Park office at the Woodend Beach Domain was a treat for visitors during the park's...

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...

Agribusiness was the winner on the night at the glitzy North Canterbury Business Awards gala dinner and ceremony. Patoa Farms, an outdoor farrow-tofinish pig farming...