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• Council buys land for $2.6 million

  The Waimakariri District Council has bought 85 hectares near Rangiora for $2.6 million (GST inclusive), with an eye to establishing a future wetland and recreation reserve.

• Rangiora Golf Club

• Curriculum changes

  ‘‘It’s back to 1986’’ at Rangiora High School, but a new enhanced version.

• Piping his way to Glasgow

  A young Loburn piper heading to Scotland to compete in the World Pipe Band Championships, says he’ll be taking it all in his stride.

• Residents query plans for Solar Farm

  The prospect of a solar farm being established in North Canterbury has left local residents up in arms.

• Nearly $2m funding boost for soil conservation in Nth Canty

  Environment Canterbury’s Soil Conservation and Revegetation Programme (SCAR) has received $1,902,359 in funding, which will support farmers with erosion-prone land across North Canterbury.

• Sea delivers mysterious carving

  Sue Banks often walks the expanse of Pegasus Beach.

• Jackie goes Prima Diva

• The experiences of growing up

  Self-publishing your first novel is a nerve-wracking experience.

• Zak grabs waterski record

  Zak Bainbridge is making waves in the world of water skiing.

Featured documents

• Three NC teams squander half time leads

  It was agony for three North Canterbury clubs in the latest round of the Luisetti Combined Country rugby competition....

• Saracens triumph in emphatic fashion

  Saracens’ 42-20 victory over Glenmark-Cheviot in North Canterbury rugby on Saturday not only confirmed the side’s top-of-the-table status, but also had older club members suggesting the winning margin was a record....

• Saracens and Kaiapoi to play for NC title

  True to form Saracens and Kaiapoi will compete in Saturday’s Luisetti Seeds North Canterbury rugby grand final....

• Ashley’s winning ways continue

  Ashley took the Deans Shield up to Cheviot to defend it in the heart of Deans country, and won....

• Saracens bundled out of semis

  The evenness of this season’s Luisetti Seeds North Canterbury rugby competition was underlined when last season’s Grand Finalists, Saracens and Kaiapoi were both beaten in the final round of section play by Hurunui and Ohoka respectively....

• A wrybill defying the odds and surviving

  Nick Ledgard, the past chair of the Ashley Rakahuri Rivercare group, says nowhere else in New Zealand, away from the coast, are there rare and endangered braided river birds living in their original habitat so close to a major population centre — Rangiora. Nick has stood down as chair after 18...

• Co-governance and Ngai Tahu — Sir Kerry

  Sir Kerry Burke, former Speaker, Cabinet Minister and chair of Environment Canterbury, discusses ‘‘Democracy or Division? Some History and a Possible Solution’’....

• First all North Canterbury final

  For the first time since North Canterbury entered the Combined Rugby competition in 2007, the final for the Luisetti Seeds Cup will be contested by two North Canterbury teams....

• Ashley take Deans Shield home

  Ohoka’s turn in the spotlight proved to be shortlived as it succumbed at the first defence of the Deans Shield to an efficient Ashley side 22-39 on Saturday....

• A wrybill defying the odds and surviving

  Nick Ledgard, the past chair of the Ashley Rakahuri Rivercare group, says nowhere else in New Zealand, away from the coast, are there rare and endangered braided river birds living in their original habitat so close to a major population centre — Rangiora. Nick has stood down as chair after 18...