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INTREPID JOURNEY: Geraldine Tramping Club is going to Nepal to assist with installing solar energy, teaching and health.

Trampers head to Nepal

A group of South Canterbury trampers are heading to Nepal to follow in the giant footsteps of Sir Edmund Hillary.

'No-one to blame' for death

Both police and the Department of Labour concluded no-one was responsible for the death of a young volunteer who fell off the back of a ute at Levels Raceway.

PM to get behind water strategies

The Government plans to give water storage and irrigation projects a shot in the arm, and later this year will reduce regulatory "roadblocks" constraining the sector in Canterbury.

Motueka or bust - a family ambition

ADVENTURERS: Max and Melanie Grant braved Rangitata's morning tides as they make their way north to Motueka, where they will complete their circumnavigation of the South Island. It's been a choppy ride but the journey is nearly over for father and daughter kayaking duo Max and Melanie Grant, who are attempting to circumnavigate the South Island.

Speed radar 'drones' not used in SC

Newly revealed drone radar units – used to activate radar detectors in cars – have been used "on the quiet" for three years, though are not thought to have appeared in South Canterbury.

Motueka or bust - a family ambition

ADVENTURERS: Max and Melanie Grant braved Rangitata's morning tides as they make their way north to Motueka, where they will complete their circumnavigation of the South Island. It's been a choppy ride but the journey is nearly over for father and daughter kayaking duo Max and Melanie Grant, who are attempting to circumnavigate the South Island.

Hospice festival thumbs-up

The South Canterbury Hospice Wine and Food Festival's new venue and quality of food safety have passed with flying colours.

Trampers head to Nepal

Police chase in South Canterbury

Phar Lap inspires filly purchase

Phar Lap's legend looks set to live on, after a celebration syndicate bought a filly it intends to name in his honour.

Classic cars still have that racy feeling

Classic car drivers may see their machines as their pride and joy, but when it comes to race time, it's every driver for themselves.

Timaru rowers haul in the medals

Renowned karate master to visit

Mark Sandri

Leaner golf pro mixes with legends

Slimmed-down Timaru professional Mark Sandri is set to rub shoulders with the elder statesmen of Australasian golf.

Takeover of Horizon stalls

The Eastern Bay Energy Trust says it is not going ahead with its takeover offer for NZX-listed Horizon Energy Distribution, while it seeks a legal decision on whether trustees can acquire further shares in Horizon.

Stats NZ: January spending flat

Retail spending in January was flat but overall spending during the month was driven up by an increase in fuel prices, according to electronic spending data released today.

Palmer's $60b coal deal shafted?

NZ sharemarket follows US gains

Stockton

'There's a lot of coal at Stockton'

Solid Energy chief executive Don Elder says its Stockton mine which was expected to produce coal for 3-5 years when he first became boss, now "very possibly" had a 20 year-plus extended lifetime.

24 hours: David Armstrong

David Armstrong is the principal of Timaru's Sacred Heart School, a position he's held for just over a year.

Our weekend warriors

New Zealand soldiers play a key role on the international stage. For many, it all begins with territorial training in their home towns.

Ski journey to the pole

24 hours: Johnny Hepburn

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On the trail again

We had the bike shorts, we had the water bottles and the scroggin, we even had a support crew. Finely honed machines we were – well, to be honest that was the bikes.

Avalanches kill at least 28

At least 28 people died and hundreds were trapped through the night in freezing cold and darkness after avalanches closed a mountain highway tunnel in Afghanistan.

UN slams Haitian hospitals for charging

The United Nations has warned that it will cut off shipments of free medicine beginning immediately to any Haitian hospitals that it finds are charging patients.

Canadian air commander in murder probe

Waterboarding used on girl, 4

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iran accelerates nuke programme

Iran has begun enriching uranium to a higher level in defiance of world powers.

NZ Govt must send in a ship

After rammings and one sinking of anti-whaling protest ships in the Southern Ocean, it is difficult to see how the New Zealand Government can continue to take a Pontius Pilate approach to what is happening on the frontline of the whaling war.

Timaru's Mr Courageous

Stand up and take a bow John Norton.

Waitangi Day stock take

When mud sticks

John Key

John Key's tax juggling act

Prime Minister John Key likely woke up today with fewer friends in the property industry than he had yesterday, but his reform of the tax system will have many feeling relieved.

The Church of the Good Shepherd
Church seeks comfort

The Mackenzie parish wants extra facilities for the Church of the Good Shepherd.

The ewe fair in Temuka
Ewes desirable at fair

Adult ewes were in strong demand at the annual fair in Temuka.

The monument is craned from the truck to its new location.
A monumental effort

The Washdyke ANZAC war memorial made it safely to a new location.

Firefighters train with expanding foam
Firefighters train with foam

Firefighters have trained with expanding foam at the South Canterbury Textiles building.

Mau Fiso and Zoe Tylter
First day of school

Swimming lessons, prayers and new classrooms welcomed hundreds of Timaru children.

South Canterbury Lily Group secretary Nigel McBeath
Lovely lilies light up lives

The 13th annual South Canterbury Lily Group show has been the best yet.

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The Burrows Report

A Derek Burrows look on life

Joseph Romanos

Romanos on sport

Rosemary McLeod

Rosemary on the issues

O'Neill: Off The Hook

Peter O'Neill's fortnightly ramble

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