John Cosgrove

The school ball season is fast approaching and parents and students in a Canterbury town are working together to keep the costs of attending the major social events affordable.

An old family photo from 1917 of an eight-year-old girl holding her brand new British teddy bear inspired a Kaiapoi woman to start her Teddy Bear Hospital.

Nothing could keep young Canterbury runner Maia Thorpe from retaining her school cross-country title - not even a broken arm.

Finding a solution to keep their arthritis at bay has become a creative endeavour for two artistic Canterbury women.

A North Canterbury woman who was looking forward to a juicy watermelon treat over summer bought a packet of seeds from a market - but was "a bit confused" when they started producing yellow fruit.

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.

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.

When Marianne Whyte of Rangiora received confirmation her three boxes of donated knitted items had finally arrived in the Ukraine, she burst into tears.

After it languished in his garage for 24 years, a Canterbury hot rod enthusiast decided to make a concerted effort to finish his project car - a 1950s-era Ford Popular van.

With 45 female members, the Rangiora Singers urgently need men to join their choir as baritones and tenors.