The Agriculture Minister was in Selwyn this week to reveal an $8m government contribution towards a Lincoln-based company's pilot leaf protein programme.
Residents face paying up to $87 more each year for household water as the Selwyn District Council aims to meet increasing costs and manage high demand.
A group of Canterbury residents did not receive mail for several weeks after NZ Post changed their addresses without telling them - and then stopped delivering altogether.
Selwyn MP Nicola Grigg used her maiden speech in Parliament on Tuesday afternoon to pay tribute to her great-grandmother, Mary, who was National’s first female MP.