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Ashburton College. Photo: Supplied via Ashburton Courier The board of a Mid Canterbury secondary school at the centre of extensive bullying allegations believe recent media reports are not a fair representation of the school.

The Southland District Council did not achieve 16 of its 58 service performance targets in the year to June 30, its draft unaudited annual report says.

A man has a new surname and a new father after successfully asking the Family Court to discharge the adoption made to an abusive man.

More Fish, More Veg by Tom Walton, photography by Rob Palmer. Murdoch Books RRP $45. Some people are a little nervous about cooking fish but Australian chef Tom Walton advises people to not shy away from cooking fresh fish.

REVIEW: Depending on your sensibilities, this is either France’s answer to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, or a buddy comedy in the vein of The Intouchables.

The undergraduate course, Māori Indigenous Business, will cover finance, management, marketing and entrepreneurship from a mātauranga Māori perspective.

Ka tae rā anō te kaupapa tohu paetahi, Pakihi Māori Taketake, ki te ōhanga, te whakahaerenga, te whakatairanga me te rakahinonga, ki tā te mātauranga Māori titiro.

Which musician was known as The Man in Black?

Claims that women are made to stand on a concrete floor all day are untrue as they have rubber mats in the kitchen, Compassion Standtrue has told a court.

The crash happened just before 11.30am, leaving Schnips PHd hair salon customers “a little shocked”.

Police are advising motorists of significant congestion around the Westgate store on opening day.

A man has appeared in Napier District Court accused of attacking a good samaritan on Sunday

The Hakatere Hope Walk at Argyle Park will take place on October 9 from 11am to 1pm. Photo: Ashburton Courier Cantabrians are invited to take part in the Hakatere Hope Walk around the grounds of Argyle Park in Ashburton next month.

Already a regular feature on Taranaki dinner tables, crops such as sweetcorn, kūmara and garlic could one day become just as common on the region’s farmland.

German-based Southlander Brendon Leitch expects to be competitive in both the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Championship and the Fanatec GT World Challenge in Barcelona this weekend.

FILE PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN Rents around the country have remained at an all-time high for the second month in a row according from figures from Trade Me.

Police are trying to piece together the events that led to the death of Korrey Rose Whyman who was found in a vehicle with a serious gunshot wound.

A last-gasp plea to Minister Kelvin Davis to keep the women prisoners in Wellington has been dismissed as an ''operational'' decision.