North Canterbury food banks preparing for the big Christmas rush are hoping to get a much-needed boost from the annual Toot for Tucker appeal on Tuesday.
Crate Day revellers in 4WD vehicles and activists clashed at Canterbury's Ashley River on Saturday after endangered tarapiroe black-fronted tern eggs were broken.
The ninth annual Classic Action Motorcycle Sports Totalspan Southern Classic saw some of NZ's top riders come together in Timaru to share their passion for old school bikes.
Canterbury organisations committed to protecting vulnerable native birds nesting at the Ashley Rakahuri River have grave fears for their survival with Crate Day looming.
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.
Rangiora student Jamie-Lee Rogers was expecting her experience at Burnham Military Camp to be tough and strict with lots of people yelling in her face.
After spotting a Clydesdale at the 1995 Oxford A&P Show, Margo Vliet Vlieland turned to her husband Alan and told him: “I want one of those horses with the fluffy feet.”