People in the public gallery of the Oamaru District Court were in tears yesterday as a Palmerston woman admitted causing the deaths of two people while she was drink-driving near Macraes last year.
Scientists using drones and satellite images have found gullies up to 30m in length developing in less than a week along a stretch of Canterbury coastline.
The Department of Conservation says it is making good progress investigating a report of vehicles driving through a black-billed gull nesting colony in North Canterbury.
Parts of the South could be in for some rough weather in the next 24 hours, including heavy rain for the West Coast and strong winds for Clutha, Southland and Canterbury.