Boiled bullfrog anyone? Or how about poached water bamboo? These are just some of the delicacies Susan Sandys enjoyed after catching a direct flight to China from Christchurch Airport.
When Lois Orchard was 16, she would tell people she wanted to be a potter when she left school.
There was a jubilant atmosphere at Christchurch International Airport on Friday night for the return of China Southern Airlines' direct flights.
There was a jubilant atmosphere at Christchurch International Airport on Friday night for the return of China Southern Airlines' direct flights.
Aleisha McLay and her baby Violet are lucky to be alive after pregnancy and post-natal complications almost killed them both. Aleisha spoke to Susan Sandys as Violet arrived home from 11 weeks in neonatal ICU.
An Ashburton woman who almost lost $1800 in a rental property scam is warning others.
Isabel Wall was named Dux of Ashburton College at the school’s year 13 prize-giving.
New Rangitata MP James Meager grew up in a state house in Timaru with the Road Knights around the corner and cousins in the Mongrel Mob - now he is a rising star in the National Party.
The SPCA has permanently closed its Ashburton op shop.
It has been a "tough" winter for the Mt Hutt Ski Area, which has seen a record number of closed days this year.
A closed SPCA op shop may have to move after a Canterbury district council declined the animal welfare charity’s application to reopen the store.
Canterbury firefighters and a veterinarian worked with dogged determination to rescue a trapped five-month-old puppy from a rather uncomfortable predicament.
At the age of 81, Mid Canterbury Animal Welfare Centre manager Rallou Keeley has no plans to retire from her volunteer role, especially with kitten season starting in November.
Strong winds damaged lifts and blew the roof off a building at Mt Hutt.
Simon Coleman will take over as principal of Ashburton College in January.
DOC is investigating after 27 endangered black billed gulls, believed to have been shot, were found in Canterbury.
The Ashburton District Council has decided not to open the Tinwald Community Pool this summer.
A Canterbury project manager gritted his teeth as he skied into a blizzard and darkness at 2am on Mt Hutt - with snow and freezing rain stinging his face.
The Ashburton District Council has been told to focus on bringing back Christmas in the Park, instead of wasting money holding its own Christmas event.
A friendship group in a Canterbury township is growing in membership as newcomers join.
