Foundational members of Waipukurau branch of the Red Cross Society in Russell Park, Waipukurau, 1914 (from left): Mrs Rose ...

The number of whooping cough cases in the latest epidemic has surpassed the 1000 mark - with 135 in Canterbury. By last ...

Cutting red tape was the slogan championed by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at his recent Mid Canterbury appearance. Luxon ...

Christmas might come early in Ashburton. Ashburton mayor Neil Brown visited Wellington recently for a Local Government NZ ...

Rob Reid and Chris Robertson can’t hide their excitement and nor should they. The Braided Rivers Community Trust CEO and ...

Jill Jarvis, the proud daughter of her late mother Jill Newton, by the picnic table unveiled in her memory. "It's so lovely that this table is here for people to remember her.’’ ...

A Mid Canterbury rural advocate has called the government’s proposed bus route funding cuts counterintuitive. The Ministry of Education (MOE) is reviewing school bus routes nationwide, which could see ...

Brayden Poulter, 23, was in court applying for a limited licence after being stopped for drink driving over the legal limit. Poulter had recently started working for an agricultural goods trucking ...

A Methven man who took a spanner to a man’s car appeared in the Ashburton District Court. Jordan Teihoka Barry Philp, 25, pleaded guilty to intentionally damaging a vehicle and assaulting a man. Philp ...