Christchurch Hospital's Emergency Department is asking people to seek medical treatment elsewhere - unless it's life-threatening - as it struggles to cope with an influx of patients.

NZ's marine economy could make a bigger contribution to the govt's goal of doubling the value of exports over the next 10 years if it transitions to more sustainable practices, a new report says.

The Morrison family, from Rosedale, in the Waikaka Valley, near Gore, celebrated 150 years on the land at the weekend. They talk to business and rural editor Sally Rae.