South Canterbury

Tourists get close up views and photographs of a huge iceberg which split from the Tasman Glacier yesterday.

Lindis and Hazel Courtney describe themselves as "an ordinary couple" and joke that their marriage of 60 years was due to "just plain luck".

A 14-year-old boy is fighting for his life in an induced coma after being thrown from his quadbike at "high speed' yesterday.

A week of fine weather meant there were plenty of strawberries for the Waimate Strawberry Fare on Saturday, which attracted one of its biggest crowds in recent years.

The body of 59-year-old Pleasant Point fisherman Peter Hunter was recovered off the coast of Timaru yesterday morning after it is believed his fishing trawler sank.

Time is running out for people to have their say on a draft water management programme for the lower Waitaki River and the Waimate district.

The New Zealand Army's Southern Reaper exercise concludes today with open days at the Oamaru Marist Rugby Football Club and Seddon Square in Waimate. Ben Guild toured Waimate with the army on Thursday to observe the exercise.

Another draft water management plan is out for the lower Waitaki River - should we care? David Bruce says we should.

Farmers and other applicants should have decisions by Christmas on their applications for water from the upper Waitaki catchment.

Emergency services are attending a crash involving two truck and trailer units on the Temuka River bridge just south of Temuka on State Highway One.