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- Four year terms supported by Mayors
Four year terms could produce better outcomes, Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon says.
- Time to bag a duck
Summer waterfowl seasons in the North Canterbury area are looking promising, said Fish and Game.
- Restoration of railway goods shed
After standing for almost 150 years, one of the last remaining buildings from the historic Oxford Branch railway line is being repaired.
- Annual trotting meet a great family day out
Good old-fashioned fun, games and competitions are on offer at the Amberley Trotting Club’s annual race day at the Rangiora Racecourse on Waitangi Day, Monday, February 6.
- Musicians return to Rga
Two world-class musicians based in Portugal will perform in Rangiora’s Chamber Gallery next month.
- Ohoka Cricket Club celebrates 150 years
One of North Canterbury’s oldest cricket clubs, Ohoka, celebrates its 150th anniversary at Waitangi weekend.
- Fencing beginners course to run in Rangiora next month
Budding fencers can don a foil and give the sport a go in Rangiora next month.
- Hawarden saleyards celebrate 125 years
The founding of the iconic Hawarden Saleyards Company 125 years ago will be commemorated tomorrow, January 27, prior to the start of the Hawarden Ewe Fair.
- Harvesting difficult
La Niña’s continued impact has fostered good growing conditions in the Waimakariri and Hurunui Districts with high growth reported.
- Kaiapoi a popular destination
Kaiapoi retailers enjoyed good trading leading up to Christmas and on into the New Year.
Featured documents
- 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...
- Hurunui almost topples Kaiapoi
Saracens and Kaiapoi retained unbeaten records in this season’s Luisetti Seeds Combined rugby competition, but in vastly contrasting manners....
- Wet weather skills on display
The onset of cold, wet conditions throughout the sub union was the dominant theme of the penultimate round of the Luisetti Seeds senior North Canterbury rugby competition....
- Farmers band together to fight for farmers
A group of farmers, fearing He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) will drive one-in-four extensive, low environmental impact sheep, beef and deer farms out of business, and strangle those remaining, have broken rank from traditional industry leaders, and released an open letter expressing their frustrations....
- Saracens claims the silverware
Positions swapped at the top of the North Canterbury division one rugby table when Saracens beat Kaiapoi 20-18 on Saturday....
- Massive turnout in Nth Canty
Mr McFadden says the Government needs to go back to the drawing board over the RMA, and find out ‘‘what is working on the ground, and what isn’t’’....
- Kaiapoi, Saracens win away
It was normal duty for Kaiapoi and Saracens when play resumed in the North Canterbury Luisetti Seeds division one rugby competition on Saturday....
- Truffle ‘price war’ divides growers
The harvest of Perigord black truffles has started and a ‘‘price war’’ continues as values remain a third of historical prices. Allied Press’ Shawn McAvinue investigates the factors impacting the price of the ‘‘black gold’’ and the state of the industry....
- Strong start to NC division 1 rugby season
It was a blast from the past with four traditionally strong teams coming out on top in the first round of the Luisetti Seeds North Canterbury competition....
- Kaiapoi champions again
After a season of mixed performances, Kaiapoi certainly struck form at the right time and took out the Luisetti Seeds North Canterbury Division 1 rugby final by chalking up a 14-6 win over Hurunui....