A father who deliberately drove off the road at 130km/h, killing his 6-year-old son in a fiery crash near the Rangiora Racecourse has today been jailed for five years.
An innovative lifestyle option will soon become available at Kairaki Beach, east of Kaiapoi, with 40 sections for non-permanent buildings to be offered for lease.
The Waimakariri and Hurunui district councils are continuing to process high numbers of consents for new houses, as the housing boom shows no signs on letting up.
A man who claims he "found" a 250kg century-old Maori carving on a dirt road - which took six police officers to lift - was considering selling the Kaiapoi artefact before police raided his home.