In one recent case, a South Canterbury engineering firm was fined $247,000 and ordered to pay $35,000 in reparations after a worker had two of their fingers amputated.
The first woman to become national president of Grey Power NZ, North Canterbury resident Jan Pentecost, has resigned from the role to look after her ill husband.
Hundreds of people will ride scooters from Christchurch to Hokitika to raise funds for the Cancer Society at the weekend, but one Rolleston local's getting an early start by making and selling cheese rolls.