Armstrong Siddeley were renowned for making luxury vehicles, marketed to the top echelons of society. Car enthusiast Bernard Egan went along for a look when a group of owners recently gathered in Canterbury. 

Canterbury six-year-old Ollie Houston jumped at a chance to get into the hot seat of a superkart owned by national go-kart champion Kyle Robertson.

Tens of thousands of flowerbed plants in Canterbury public gardens are removed each summer and winter. But one district is now considering giving the plants away to residents.

A community vision to bring the birds back to Methven is taking root

An enthralled crowd watched Ashburton’s first-ever chilli eating competition, drawn in by the spectacle of contestants torturing themselves to the point of agony and sickness.

A 1968 Mustang and a 1998 Camaro will be among the scores of vehicles on show at an auto fair fundraiser in Rakaia on Sunday.

Irritated firefighters had to educate a Canterbury man about the dangers of lighting a backyard rubbish fire after a neighbour saw the smoke and flames and phoned 111.