Robyn Bristow

‘Lucky escape’ for Okuku family

Horses in Ashley get their morning hay ration, in a scene that played out across the region on...

‘Lucky escape’ for Okuku family

When the Lumsden family looked out the window late on Saturday, May 29 and saw the Ashley River coming towards their Okuku home, they grabbed their four cats and five dogs, threw them in their car,...

Family heirloom home at last

Reuben Lilly (left) and his father, Mike, with the Pontiac that is now back in the family for...

'It was left-hand drive and the nicest I ever owned': Family heirloom home at last

Kaiapoi's Mike Lilly was nearly in tears when he saw his old Pontiac Venturer - which arrived in Christchurch in the mid-70s in the belly of a Hercules aircraft - parked up in his son’s garage.

New police station gets nod in Rangiora

Waimakariri is getting a new police station - with work expected to start soon.

Planned Hanmer Springs flyride stalls

A rider superimposed on to a Hanmer Springs background. Image: Supplied

Planned Hanmer Springs flyride stalls

The brakes have been put on the development of a flyride at Hanmer Springs.

Crime control in Rangiora to be discussed at public meeting

Kaiapoi Community Patrol co-ordinator Bill Diggons and the group's trainer, Owen Cassidy, North...

Crime control in Rangiora to be discussed at public meeting

Crime prevention will come under the microscope at a public meeting in Rangiora on Thursday night.

Network behind new lobby group

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Network behind new lobby group

The Hurunui-based Rural Advocacy Network (Ran) group has formed an alliance with Groundswell NZ, a new farmers’ lobby group which began in Southland and Otago.

Acclaimed Cheviot Rest Home to close

'Real shock to our community': Acclaimed Nth Canterbury rest home to close

An award-winning rest home in North Canterbury will close on May 26.

'You have to get back on the horse' - 73yo plane crash survivor

Nose-diving into a paddock in a light plane has not put North Canterbury 73-year-old Alan Macdonald off flying.

73-year-old survives light plane crash

'You have to get back on the horse' - 73yo North Canterbury plane crash survivor

Nose-diving into a paddock in a light plane has not put North Canterbury 73-year-old Alan Macdonald off flying.

Work on South Island's largest wind farm to start

Construction of South Island's largest wind farm to start soon in Nth Canterbury

Construction of the 22 turbine Mt Cass Wind Farm, consented eight years ago, is planned to start late this year.

More details revealed about planned Hanmer Springs flyride

A prom otional image for the flyride proposed at Hanmer Springs. Image: Supplied via NCN

More details revealed about planned Hanmer Springs flyride

A flyride proposed at Hanmer Springs will whisk passengers down a 500 metre course on Conical Hill in little over a minute.

Good spud crop down to delegation, mayor reckons

Spud competition organiser Ginny Macfarlane (left) counts Hurunui Mayor Marie Black’s potatoes...

Good spud crop down to delegation, mayor reckons

Delegation is the key to growing a good crop of spuds, Hurunui Mayor Marie Black reckons.

Businessman behind new $30k e-bike dock in Rangiora

Ron van Til has installed a $30,000 e-bike stand outside his bakery and cafe. Photo: Robyn Bristow

Businessman behind new $30k e-bike dock in Rangiora

Ron van Til wants people to visit Rangiora, enjoy a coffee and explore the town - so the bakery managing director has put his money where his mouth is.

Rangiora woman's long wait for rare disease diagnosis

Rangiora 37-year-old Louise Davy is determined not to let a rare disease limit how she lives her life. She shares her story with Robyn Bristow ahead of Rare Disease Day on Sunday.

Restoration of quake-hit church starts

The heavy reredos, an ornamental screen covering the wall at the back of the altar, is finally...

Restoration of cracked and battered quake-hit Nth Canterbury church starts

A cracked and battered Anglican church in North Canterbury that has sat empty and forlorn since the 2010 quake is now being resurrected.

Hundreds of eels saved as pit dries up

Swannanoa firemen Assina Dalglish, left, and Scott Pilkington pour water into Whites Pit as part...

Hundreds of eels saved as Canterbury pit dries up

Hundreds of native eels - some up to 60-years-old - have been rescued from a huge waterhole in North Canterbury that has dried up.

Free travel period extended for new Waimak to Chch direct buses

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon (left) was joined by MP Matt Doocey, councillors and staff to test...

Free travel period extended for new Waimak to Chch direct buses

Environment Canterbury is offering another week of free travel on its new direct bus services from Waimakariri to central Christchurch.

Planners, farmers can help each other

‘‘I wanted to try to find out what it was we do as planners that grinds their gears so much and...

Planners, farmers can help each other

Intergenerational farmers are rural survivors, but they do not have a big voice in environmental management, according to Lynda Murchison.

Aucklander buys Canterbury shopping complex

An Amberley shopping centre, anchored by Countdown, has been sold to an Auckland property...

Canterbury shopping centre on SH1 bought by Auckland property investor

A large shopping precinct on State Highway 1 which has a supermarket as its anchor tenant has been sold to an Auckland property investor.

New multi-million dollar office block opened

The new office complex, Aon House, has just opened in Ashburton. Photo: Ashburton Courier

New multi-million dollar office block opened

The same company bringing Kmart to Ashburton opened a $3 million office complex in the town last week.

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