Bravo to North Canterbury Musicals (NCM) for its superb new show 42nd Street, which brings the razzle-dazzle of a high-class New York City Broadway production to Rangiora.
Living a long life is down to the family genes for Canterbury centenarian Donald Keen whose mother Ethel was the oldest living New Zealander when she died in 1982.
Recruitment has been a headache for Kaikōura District Council over recent years, but chief executive Will Doughty has finally found a new building control manager.
A proposal to build a coastal bund to protect Amberley Beach in Canterbury from rising sea levels has received support from the Hurunui District Council.
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.