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• Technology changes evolving rapidly

  Mayors Taskforce for Jobs hosted Brad Olsen Chief Economist for Informetrics in the district last week and it was wonderful to witness the genuine engagement and opportunities by our community and businesses to connect people-to-people, and explore how rapidly evolving technological changes are shaping our world.

• Sea has eroded road access to the Amberley Golf course

  Amberley golfers have called on the Hurunui District Council to get on with building a new access road to their golf course.

• Gate burglar nabbed

  A burgler, who stole a front gate from a residential property on Southbrook Road in broad daylight, and in front of peak traffic, has been located.

• Little penguins to be protected from threats

  Secret nesting areas for Kaikōura’s little penguins are among the measures being considered to help the at-risk seabird.

• Venison industry service honour

  When Graham Brown, of Ashley, received an official looking letter in his mail, he initially thought it could have been a speeding ticket.

• Budget 2025 measures

  The taxation measures are:

• Australian tax model call for KiwiSaver

  Kiwisaver members could be significantly better off if New Zealand adopted a taxation model similar to Australia’s, an economist says.

• Leaders seek more clarity

  Canterbury council leaders say they are wary of the ‘‘unintended consequences’’ of new planning legislation.

• Water negotiations begin

  Two North Canterbury councils will begin negotiations over a future water group, after Kaikōura’s councillors voted to join forces with their southern neighbours.

• Two NC teams to contest rugby semi-finals

  Two North Canterbury teams will contest the semi-finals of the Luisetti combined country rugby competition on Saturday.

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• Local crime report

  October 3: Five youth had a BB gun at a Kaiapoi park – Youth Aid are dealing with youth and parents. A Kaiapoi female reported two large transfers made fraudulently from her accounts when she was contacted by a caller posing as her bank asking for personal details....

• Try fest in combined rugby competition

  It was a try fest in the latest round of the Luisetti Seeds Combined rugby competition on a perfect day for running rugby....

• Unblemished records lost in latest round

  Glenmark-Cheviot and Ohoka both lost their unblemished records on Saturday leaving Methven as the only unbeaten team in the Luisetti Seeds Combined Country rugby competition as it passes the half-way point....

• Try fest in combined rugby competition

  It was a try fest in the latest round of the Luisetti Seeds Combined rugby competition on a perfect day for running rugby....

• Five NC teams making winning starts

  Five of North Canterbury’s eight senior rugby sides — Ashley, Glenmark-Cheviot, Kaiapoi, Ohoka and Oxford — all made winning starts to the 2024 Luisetti Seeds Combined Club rugby competition....

• Kaiapoi remains top of the table

  Kaiapoi and Saracens have consolidated their positions at the top of the Luisetti Seeds North Canterbury premier rugby competition, but the battle for the remaining semi final places intensified last Saturday, after the completion of round four....

• Hurunui almost topples Kaiapoi

  Saracens and Kaiapoi retained unbeaten records in this season’s Luisetti Seeds Combined rugby competition, but in vastly contrasting manners....

• Glenmark-Cheviot in play-offs

  As Glenmark-Cheviot and Prebbleton ran on to a sundrenched Omihi Domain for the final round robin match of this season’s Luisetti Seeds Cup, the belief was that which ever team won the match would progress through to this Saturday’s quarter-finals, and the loser would be consigned to lower section...

• 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...