Two Canterbury mayors remain concerned their ratepayers won't benefit from the three waters reforms and will instead be left to subsidise other communities.
Fifty-four years since the Wahine went down, the disaster is still clearly etched into the memory of a Canterbury retiree who was on board that fateful April day.
The deaths of a woman and her two babies in a high-speed crash at a rural Canterbury intersection have sparked a major review of similar sections of road across the country in a bid to prevent future fatalities.
Some Canterbury schools have been forced to limit pupil numbers or close and go online due to a lack of relievers and more teachers isolating with Covid.
Some of the teachers forced to leave their jobs due to the vaccine mandates will likely see no vacancy signs when they are able to return to work from April 5.