Retirement beckons for school stalwart
By Mick Jensen
She's been the familiar, smiling face in the Netherby School office for 28 years, but retirement beckons for Annette Hunt.
Known as "Mrs...
Creative couture from Plains Dames
By Mick Jensen
They might not have taken out one of the top prizes at the Fibre Octave Wearable Arts extravaganza in Southland, but a...
People helper Jackie set to retire
By Mick Jensen
Retiring Presbyterian Support regional manager Jackie Girvan has been a "people helper" throughout her fulfilling working life.
She began nurse training straight from...
Milestone for pottery society
By Mick Jensen
Pottery wheels have been spinning and kilns fired up at the Ashburton Pottery Society on countless occasions over the past 50 years.
The...
Club to host motorsport training
The Ashburton Car Club are hosting free driver training sessions for people to learn basic motorsport and car control.
Drivers can provide their own car,...
Ace student off to Germany
Top-performing Ashburton College student Diana Barbu had claimed a prestigious science scholarship and will spend most of August tackling neurophysiology and other topics in...
A career of note – it’s quite a story
By John Keast
The skidoo was hurtling down Mt Hutt.
Maureen Bishop was on the back clinging to the driver - and a camera.
The idea had...
When the troops went to Westerfield
By John Keast
There are still plenty of trees on Richard Langdon's farm at Westerfield - he has a strong interest in forestry - and...
Rural church stands proud again
The Church of the Holy Innocents near Peel Forest is tucked away in peaceful solitude among trees and below towering hills on the...
A fight against pain, weight loss
By John Keast
Mark Crotty is battling on two fronts.
He is fighting for his health and for access to medically prescribed cannabis.
The tall young man...
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