A Timaru driving instructor says changing the driving age
will not reduce the number of serious road accidents - it is
people's attitude to driving that needs to change.
Timaru Hospital's plan to introduce a part-charge for
physiotherapy patients to offset a reduction in ACC funding
has been put on hold at the request of the Ministry of
Health.
Timaru's alternative education provider desperately needs
more funding if it is to give pupils excluded from mainstream
education what they need, director Richie Waa, of Timaru,
says.
A Waimate man is "peeved
off" with the medical system, saying doctors are not
proactive enough in contacting men and getting them to go for
a prostate cancer check.
Gleniti School pupils Sophie Chambers and Emily Davies-Martin
have won an Environment Canterbury (Ecan) junior award and
are now in the running for the prestigious Wrybill Trophy.