High-profile Canterbury dairy farmer Jessie Chan went on an emotional journey of discovery in an episode of David Lomas Investigates which aired on Tuesday night.
Recruitment has been a headache for Kaikōura District Council over recent years, but chief executive Will Doughty has finally found a new building control manager.
A proposal to build a coastal bund to protect Amberley Beach in Canterbury from rising sea levels has received support from the Hurunui District Council.
A fishing club, set up and run by Kaikoura youngsters, is helping them learn, connect and get ahead, thanks to funding from the Foodstuffs South Island Community Trust and local New World.
A three-year-old Canterbury girl who needs home dialysis to stay alive had four machines fail in a week - and there is no back-up option in the South Island.
The intriguing story of a Canterbury farmer's mother who was abandoned as a baby in a Hong Kong slum 72 years ago will feature on David Lomas Investigates this week.
Transport Minister Simeon Brown was given a belated birthday cake adorned with a picture of the Ashburton River bridge to remind him of the plan to build a second bridge.