Constable's canal rescue earns award
As Constable Gary Prescott battled to save an elderly woman from drowning in her car in a Christchurch drainage canal, she told him that she would be fine to "drive home from here". "It took some coaxing to even get her hands to unclench from the steering wheel. I don't think she really realised where she was and what had...
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Miley now smiling
Last week Miley the black labrador was a worried girl, rescued from a house blaze in Hornby and resuscitated by firefighters.
Rural pubs focus of police crackdown
Police are targeting country pubs to combat drink-driving, with a Leithfield woman caught on Sunday heading home from the local hotel on a farm bike.
Oz for MasterChef contestant
Masterchef contestant Matt Gilray is leaving Christchurch on Friday to further his food career across the Tasman.
Reducing family violence
A Christchurch man has been appointed to trial a pilot project aimed at reducing incidents of family violence.
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Historic buildings receive grant
A prized piece of the city's history is one of a select few sites worldwide to be backed in a multi-million dollar international heritage project.
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Cow upsets Mother's Day fun
A family out for a Mother's Day dinner are thanking their lucky stars they made it home alive after the car they were in hit a cow and caught fire.
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Teen in custody, father stabbed
A 15-year-old is in custody after he allegedly stabbed his father in the neck during an argument.
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'Noisy' 4.4 earthquake rattles Christchurch
Christchurch has been given a shake this afternoon, with a magnitude 4.4 earthquake striking off the coast.
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Matson new Canterbury NPC coach
Former All Black and Crusader Tabai Matson has been named to replace the departing Rob Penney as Canterbury provincial rugby coach
Oysters on the menu for Lotto millionaire
A Dunedin couple who bought a Lotto ticket from Mosgiel New World celebrated their new millionaire status by splashing out on two dozen oysters.The couple, who wish...
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- Blasting to start on Waioeka Gorge
- Fire Service called to Huntly Power Station
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Bob Parker - The time is right
The Mayor says the time is right to attract new investment and business opportunities to Christchurch and Canterbury
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- Your views - Hagley Park
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Kiwi ingenuity revives fungi farm
What goes around comes around. Just ask Wanganui mushroom farmer Leighton Minnell.
- Delivering wool harvest integrity
- Industry shakeup - DIRA regulations
- Downward trends, but no disaster
- Society aims to take show national
