A Canterbury woman has put out a call for sneakers and other sport-specific shoes like football boots after seeing students on school camp with poor footwear.
An intellectually disabled 20-year-old born without a left hand is bringing hope to his Canterbury family by starting an ice-cream hut he's dubbed Happy Sundaes.
A giant state-of-the-art fish screen near the Rangitata River will be finished soon as part of a $17.2 million project to protect salmon, trout and native fish.
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).