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Shiny black Chrysler’s are the favourite car of Diane Ross. She owns two. Her favourite is a 1936 Convertible Coupe, which she has owned for more than 50 years. It has its original AA badge and factory radio. The other is a PT Cruiser, which...
“Start planning for a hot dry summer now,” Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade chief Tyronne Burrowes says, following a spate of fires across Mid Canterbury this past week. He said any fire season was a risk, but this coming one could be risker...
Wiljazariah Bhandari knew just what to aim for during his 60second grocerygrab at FreshChoice Tinwald on Tuesday. The 12yearold, a former pupil of Tinwald School, with his parents Jesmine and Rohit, won the school’s top prize in the...
Nine people were injured, one seriously, after a ute overturned on Hackthorne Rd, Westerfield on Saturday. A police spokesperson said they were notified of the incident on the shingle road at 9.22pm and that it had resulted in a number...
A new award for excellence has been donated to Ashburton College in memory of former student Dominic Wayman, who passed away last year. His mother, Sara, presented the Dominic L J Wayman Award for Excellence cup to the Te Whare Manaaki Unit...
Graham moved to the coast for the beach lifestyle. At 68, the retired builder had traded his suburban home for the beach, dreaming of daily walks along the sand and hearing the waves at night. “I’d moved here for this,” Graham says, gesturing...