Chris Barclay

Colleen Cole started Highland dancing as a five-year-old and 76 years later she is still immersed in a quintessentially Scottish passion in Christchurch.

Backpackers often lead a hand-to-mouth existence - and now the hostels that accommodate them in Christchurch are facing a similar predicament with closures likely.

You could say interest has been out of this world as the sale process for the last remaining Futuro ‘spaceship’ house in Christchurch gets ready for lift off.

Demand for baches in Canterbury’s prime holiday spots is heating up before summer as Covid-19 means Kiwis are looking closer to home for vacations with overseas travel off the itinerary.

A suburb at the base of the Port Hills tops the list of Christchurch's most sought after locations where property values have gone through the roof.

Paul Nicholls has ample wins to savour after another dominant season at Cashmere Technical - but it was two games the side didn’t win that really impressed the manager.

Canterbury’s all-conquering women’s rugby team are prepared for a high-pressure Farah Palmer Cup home semi-final against Auckland on Saturday.

A Canterbury club rugby stalwart has moved the goalposts by chasing an ambitious bid to make his mark in Australia’s premier football code.

Mark Brown never quite made the step up to provincial rugby amid stiff competition for a start in Otago’s formidable loose forward trio in the 1990s - so he switched focus to helping other talented players reach the top.