Sir Richard Hadlee got a little emotional as Canterbury's young cricketers eagerly took to the nets at the opening of the new sports centre bearing his name.
A musical created by Coast to Coast race founder, Robin Judkins, will premier in Christchurch on Saturday - and could be destined for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Almost 300 Tranz Alpine Scooter Safari riders crossed the Southern Alps at the weekend to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Cancer Society.
Otago Museum natural science curator Emma Burns admires the view on the museum's stairway, where two large goldfish have been put on display next to the existing sunfish.