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.
Two lifestyle block owners fighting to save their land from being rezoned to residential are happy a hearing commissioner has recommended in their favour.
Debbie Casson from Lady Ink Cosmetic Tattooing enjoys making women feel whole again. It was her own experience with sinus and breast cancer that drew the 55-year-old into the industry.
A Rolleston mum of three expected the results of her latest routine mammogram to be fine as usual - but two weeks later the 48-year-old got a phone call from the clinic.