Booze law closer
District councillors take their first step tomorrow towards rubber stamping Selwyn's alcohol policy.
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District councillors take their first step tomorrow towards rubber stamping Selwyn's alcohol policy.
The part you play in making the news is very important. Your voice matters!
Police are investigating whether a woman was raped in Lincoln after being given a drug.
Darfield High School student Calum Gray, 17, has been selected to represent the Selwyn electorate at Youth Parliament. He talks to reporter Tom Doudney about which laws he'd like to change
A cafe worker who was unfairly sacked for buying discounted cake slices after marking them down herself has been awarded more than $16,000.
Even the animals at Orana Wildlife Park celebrated Easter but there was a twist... more
Thousands of Cantabrians and visitors took the opportunity to view colourful... more
Around a thousand people took the opportunity to attend a Civic Memorial... more
Scrub fires destroyed homes and forced families to flee in the Selwyn area... more
Vacant sites in the red zone are quickly becoming overgrown with vegetation. more
Photographer Geoff Sloan captured the glamour and revelry at this year's Cup... more
Lincoln University students celebrated the end of the year at the annual Garden... more
More highlights from New Zealand Fashion Week 2012, held at the Viaduct Events... more
All the action from New Zealand's biggest fashion event: New Zealand Fashion... more
Hundreds flocked to Pioneer Stadium in Christchurch to welcome home the Olympic... more
Photos from the Mt Tongariro eruption. more
Selwyn District's good sorts were recognised at the Sensational Selwyn Awards... more
Large crowds turned out for the first day of The Star Home Show at the CBS... more
The predicted cold wintry blast hit christchurch with a vengeance causing... more
The 2012 Canon Media awards were presented during a lavish red-carpet function... more
A record entry of 17 teams took part in the fourth annual Year Seven and Eight... more
Fashion is coming to the rescue of those who have bits they'd rather hide and... more
Netball fever hit North Canterbury on Saturday when more than 400 young players turned up for the ANZ Netball Roadshow at the Rangiora Netball Centre.
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Join the conversationA 68-year-old man is due in court in Auckland this afternoon on historic indecency charges related to five boys. Police said the unemployed man, who would appear in Waitakere District Court, faced several charges of indecency between a man and a boy relating to alleged offences against the boys between 1978 and 1987. At the time of the alleged offending the boys' ages ranged between 5 and 13, although most were about 10 when they encountered the accused. They are all now in their late 30s and early 40s. Detective Grainne Scott of the Henderson adult sexual assault team said the bulk of the…
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