Heartfelt messages have been posted online and placed at the scene of the fatal Burnham house fire that claimed the life of a Rolleston College student on Wednesday.
More than 1000 students donned their caps and gowns for a parade through central Christchurch on Friday to mark their graduation from Lincoln University.
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.
Merwyn and Marie Gilmore have owned the Prebbleton Tavern since 1970 - but now the veteran publicans have decided to get out of the game and put it up for sale.