Councillors will be working on a puzzle of a different kind over the Christmas holidays - how all the many pieces of ...

Methven farmer John McCaw fears the council’s stockwater service exit could come at the detriment of a natural waterway ...

Police are reopening the investigation into the repeated damage to a headstone at Rakaia Cemetery, Canterbury. The family ...

Selwyn District Council chief executive Sharon Mason is set to cross the Tasman for a new role. Mason announced her ...

More residents in Mid Canterbury are engaging in online gaming as a means of socialising and relaxing. The gaming trend is affecting community leisure time in unprecedented ways. This article examines ...

Selwyn Water Limited has taken over around $1.1 billion of the drinking water and wastewater assets in the Selwyn District. The new CCO will take over billing for the services in July next year and ...

Groundswell spokesperson Jamie McFadden describes the proposed taxonomy as “the scariest thing I have seen yet”. Photo Claire Inkson Groundswell NZ spokesperson Jamie McFadden has slammed the ...

A major Mid Canterbury irrigator will continue to operate as normal after a high court appeal against it was dismissed. Justice Cameron Mander found in his decision that the consent had been ...

Deon Swiggs has been elected unopposed as the chair of Canterbury regional Council. “I will bring this table together,” Swiggs said. He had been Environment Canterbury's deputy chair to former chair ...

MNZOM recipient David West of Lake Hood. David received his New Year's Honour for services to community development. PHOTO JULIE MOFFETT ...

Wakanui Beach was a significant site located on the ara tawhito (traditional travel route) that runs along the Canterbury coastline. PHOTO JONATHAN LEASK/LDR. Is it Wakanui or Whakanui? Officially the ...