Canterbury whitebaiter Mike Nolan holds a special place in his heart for the fishing mates who saved his life after he went into cardiac arrest on a cold and dark morning next to the Waimakariri River.
Kaiapoi butchery owner Fred Hicklin and his team are back from the great NZ sausage competition where their latest creation scooped the top award in its category.
Officers did not follow aspects of their fleeing driver policy before a fatal crash that killed an 18-year-old girl in Canterbury last year, the Independent Police Conduct Authority has found.
Hurunui Mayor Marie Black breathed a sigh of relief after the historic heritage buildings on the former Queen Mary Hospital site in Hanmer Springs were not damaged in a suspicious fire over the weekend.
Fire investigators have been looking into the cause of a suspicious blaze that destroyed an abandoned building on the old Queen Mary Hospital grounds in Hanmer Springs early on Saturday morning.