When Billy Collins and his whānau headed out to catch some tuna off the Canterbury coast, they did not expect to return home with a 67kg striped marlin.
Dozens of firefighters remain at the site of a scrub fire on the Lewis Pass Road in Canterbury, working to extinguish the blaze that forced evacuations.
New Zealand fruit and vegetable giant T&G has set in motion the first commercial planting of Joli branded apples in Canterbury backed by superannuation funds.