Toni Williams

Eighty-nine-year-old Cantabrian Merv Grewar is planning to break a world record.

Southern Health School has been supporting students in Canterbury who are too unwell to attend school - and it now has a new community classroom space in the region.

Canterbury six-year-old Ollie Houston jumped at a chance to get into the hot seat of a superkart owned by national go-kart champion Kyle Robertson.

Pupils at two Canterbury schools have been exploring their neighbourhoods through the camera lens.

Olivia Tuki was born full-term after a straightforward birth. But soon afterwards, she was receiving critical treatment at Christchurch Hospital for severe jaundice.

A 1968 Mustang and a 1998 Camaro will be among the scores of vehicles on show at an auto fair fundraiser in Rakaia on Sunday.

Canterbury couple Annie Cuthbertson and Tim Munro are firing up their ride-on lawnmower for an 86km trek to raise money for the Cancer Society and Hospice.

A Canterbury woman's Rarotongan adventures with a tri-paw dog she rescued from the island's SPCA have been captured in a children’s book.

Mount Hutt College principal Jack Saxon has international travel, artificial intelligence and baseball in his sights on his 12-week sabbatical.

Scores of people turned up for the official opening of Paul and Gaylene Thompson's new FreshChoice in Tinwald this week.

Canterbury rower Sienna Skilling is heading to George Washington University in the United States on a full four-year rowing scholarship.

A Canterbury playcentre is looking for a new premises for next year after its landlord, the school next door, opted not to renew its lease.

Deb Winter bought a stockpot and a flexi-tub at Mitre 10 Mega Ashburton - and won a brand-new $68k double cab ute.

Green-fingered Canterbury nurseryman Alan Watson created an Eastern-inspired oasis in the backyard of his Allenton home.

Three-piece rock band Bulletproof Convertible will return to Mid Canterbury for a Dead Rockers Ball on Saturday to raise funds for the Methven Lions.

Wooden fencing is being installed along the Bremners Rd side of the Ashburton Cemetery for an estimated cost of $65,000.

Sheldon Kneale attended a drifting school run by the Christchurch Car Club in his late teens and never looked back. Now he is set to line up in the NZ pro-sport series next year.

A $10,000 donation has been made to a Canterbury rural support trust after the Ruralco Golf Classic.