MetService has issued a heavy snow warning for South Canterbury and heavy snow watches for other parts of the South as a cold front moves up the country.
In one recent case, a South Canterbury engineering firm was fined $247,000 and ordered to pay $35,000 in reparations after a worker had two of their fingers amputated.
Police used vehicle tracking GPS to hunt down a Christchurch trio who allegedly broke into a tourist bus near Palmerston and stole goods valued up to $30,000.
For a young elephant seal coming off a hard weekend of diving and eating, there's no better place to recover than a nook of warm rocks beside the Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony.
Two South Canterbury nursing students have received $3000 each towards their third-year studies for a Bachelor’s Degree of Nursing from the Bidwill Trust Hospital Bernadette East Nursing Scholarship.