The North Canterbury News

The vibrant community of North Canterbury, which includes the Waimakariri, Hurunui, and Kaikoura districts, connects with its local newspaper every Thursday. The North Canterbury News delivers high-quality, local content that resonates with our readers, making it the most popular publication in the three districts. Each edition is packed with local news, business updates, farming insights, sports coverage, special features, school announcements, real estate listings, classifieds, and much more. The newspaper's focus on hyper-local content fosters a strong bond with its readership, leading to increasing engagement.

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Change in leadership team: Another project boss back

1 day ago | odt.co.nz | Mary Williams

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. NewsDunedinYet another former boss of the new Dunedin hospital has swung back into the revolving door of its leadership team, sources say. It is understood that former programme director Tony Lloyd was let go from the role last November but is back working on the long-delayed inpatient building again. He first joined the build in June 2022.
Signing of build contract edges closer

1 day ago | odt.co.nz | Mary Williams

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. NewsDunedinAfter years of delay, the government is finally edging closer to a contract with an Australian construction giant to build the new Dunedin hospital, the ODT understands. Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand (HNZ) is expected to send CPB Contractors a letter saying it plans to hire the firm to construct the inpatient building.
QLDC asks for Shotover discharge to be heard by court

1 day ago | odt.co.nz | Mary Williams

The battle over whether Queenstown’s council should be able to discharge wastewater straight into the Shotover River could be heading to the Environment Court. The Queenstown Lakes District Council yesterday asked the Otago Regional Council for its application to discharge to the river to be heard by the court rather than at an ORC hearing, saying it would help to have a decision by a "neutral arbiter".
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3 days ago | odt.co.nz | Eloise Gibson

The Tasman District Council is expecting rivers across the region to be running at high levels and is warning residents to prepare for flooding. Nine airport baggage handlers are among 18 people arrested in a $24 million drug-smuggling bust in Auckland. An Ashburton man fears a child will drown at a Tinwald playground built metres from stormwater drainage. Tributes are flowing for Tāmaki Makaurau MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp, who died early today at the age of 50.
Selwyn claims it has Canterbury’s lowest rates - but does it?

3 days ago | odt.co.nz | Jonathan Leask

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. CanterburyChristchurchThe Selwyn District Council claims it has “the lowest rates” in Canterbury, but not everyone is convinced. Local ratepayers might actually be feeling hard done by as they face a 14.2% average rate increase this year - one of the steeper rises of the country's councils. It comes on the back of a 14.9% increase last year.
Drowning fears at playground next to stormwater drain

3 days ago | odt.co.nz | Jonathan Leask

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. CanterburyDistrictsBy Jonathan Leask, local democracy reporterPeter King from Ashburton fears a child will drown at a Tinwald playground built metres from stormwater drainage. The Ashburton District council says it is working on a solution. King said he's not one to usually make waves, but something has to be done.
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3 days ago | odt.co.nz | Eloise Gibson

Victims to get final say over sex offenders' name suppressions New legislation that will ensure the courts cannot issue a permanent name suppression order for an adult convicted of a sexual offence, unless the victim agrees to it. Parts of Canterbury experienced "massive" 250kmh wind gusts overnight, as an active front moved up the South Island, and a slip has closed Haast Pass.
City rape victim had to fight to have case heard

3 days ago | odt.co.nz | Felicity Dear

A Dunedin rape victim had to fight to get her case heard after the city’s prosecutors declined to take on the case. Last week, Sam Thomas Foster, 20, appeared in the Dunedin District Court and was jailed for more than four years for raping the woman when she was living at residential hall Salmond College in 2022. In a statement to court, the victim said complaining to police and going through the court process had been the hardest thing she had ever had to do.
Kitten kicker denies abusing housemates

3 days ago | odt.co.nz | Felicity Dear

A man who admitted drop-kicking a kitten says he never abused the people he lived with. Cory James Gilliand-Dickson, 20, appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday for the final day of his judge-alone trial. On Monday, he pleaded guilty to a charge of ill-treating an animal, but was defending charges of assault in a family relationship, assaulting a child, threatening to kill and supplying cannabis, stemming from incidents between January and May last year.
Academic calls out ‘toxic’ school

3 days ago | odt.co.nz | Matthew Littlewood

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. NewsDunedinAn academic has taken his grievances to Parliament to blow the whistle on the University of Otago's "toxic" Business School. Dr Duncan Connors appeared before a select committee to oppose a law change which would make it easier for employers to sack people.