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.
Retired farmer and former mechanic Les Nell started working after school for Burnetts Motors Ltd in 1952. He was 13 years old and started in the workshop of Ashburton Implement Services (AIS).
Encouraging youth involvement, expanding rural connections and building on existing works are some of the goals of new Neighbourhood Support co-ordinator Sue Abel.
A classic whodunit, with suspects and motives aplenty, has slowly unravelled at Trott’s Garden this week before a formal trial at the Ashburton Courthouse.
Rugby memories of sporting courage and famous road trips will be at the fore when Mid Canterbury's Celtic Rugby Football Club marks 100 years this Easter.
Thousands of endangered black-billed gulls that usually nest on the SH1 bridge in Ashburton have found a new home away from the ocean on a land-locked dairy farm.
Tony Crosbie has done well for himself since leaving Ashburton College at the age of 15 - and now the 54-year-old will open his 13th Armadillo’s restaurant in the town on February 1.
Mady Bensdorp thinks there might be a few dogs in Canterbury adopted during the Covid lockdown that are now in their teens and need to learn some manners.