Foo Fighters lead singer Dave Grohl made a pledge to the 27,000-strong crowd at AMI Stadium in 2015: The next time they played in Christchurch it would be for free.
Hollywood actors have reached a tentative agreement with major studios to resolve the second of two strikes that rocked the entertainment industry this year.
Wanaka Primary School is the latest school to ban pupils from wearing Crocs or bringing Jibbitz - shoe charms that fit on to the rubber shoes - to school.
Some forecasters are picking a shift to warmer, drier weather this month – courtesy of hot air masses from Australia - that will set the stage for our long-awaited El Niño summer.
US country music band The Chicks landed at Christchurch's Wolfbrook Arena last night. And 42-year-old dad Dan Buchanan was there for the "great performance".