Shelley Topp

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Shelley Topp

A young contestant in the Rotary Club of Rangiora’s annual Primary School Speech competition has won the judges over with a bold choice during finals night. In a group of seven talented young orators, Cust School pupil Kate Riley, 12, gained the winning edge by writing and reading her thought-provoking speech called ‘‘I Know Of A Girl’’ as a poem. The event was held at the Rangiora Town Hall Theatre where contestants were thrown an unexpected curve ball on the night with no microphone available.

1 month ago | odt.co.nz | Shelley Topp

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. CanterburyDistrictsNorth CanterburyBy Shelley ToppThe beginnings of a new food forest has been established in the Pines and Kairaki Beaches community, near Kaiapoi. A community planting day was held last Sunday morning at the site in Tūhaitara Coastal Park, behind the Pines Beach Community Hall, on the corner of Chichester St and Batten Grove.

2 months ago | odt.co.nz | Shelley Topp

By Shelley ToppA redwood in the Rangiora Borough School’s playground has won the inaugural Waimakariri Tree of the Year award. Principal Shane Buckner says the school community was excited to learn its beautiful tree had won the award. The tree, which is believed to have been planted about 1860, when the school land was owned by William Sanson ‘‘means so much to our school, both past and present’’, Buckner said.

Mar 27, 2025 | odt.co.nz | Shelley Topp

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. CanterburyDistrictsNorth CanterburyBy Shelley ToppAn Oxford couple, who established a field of sunflowers at their dairy farm and used it to raise funds for charity, have established another field of flowers, this time as a business venture. Kerry McCorry and Scott Evans milk 850 cows on Scott’s second-generation family farm.

Mar 27, 2025 | odt.co.nz | Shelley Topp

Friday, 28 March 2025 You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. CanterburyDistrictsNorth CanterburyBy Shelley ToppA petition opposing Woodstock Quarries’ application to expand an existing quarry at View Hill into a landfill has been presented to Oxford-Ohoka Community Board members.