There’s no room for fat cats round here. After four months of dieting, rescue cat Charlie has dropped 25 per cent of his body weight. The 11-year-old “gentleman” came back to the Cats Protection League in May weighing in at 9.6 kg when his elderly owner could no longer care… Read More »Trim Tom ready for new home
Last Sunday, Christchurch’s Coastal Spirit FC played Glenfield Rovers in the ASB Women’s Knockout Cup final – the capstone on the winter season. The game was scrappy; a rough and tumble encounter that wasn’t much worth writing about. Rovers had a size advantage and they made it count, out-muscling the… Read More »Triumphant Toil
Many Christchurch local election candidates are running as “non-political” candidates, but critics say that means voters do not know what they are getting. University of Canterbury politic science lecturer Bronwyn Hayward said the trend toward “no party politics” branding was unhelpful to voters and masked real political groupings within the… Read More »Candidates' 'no party' brands obscure political groupings
EMILY SPINK and GEORGIA NELSON catch up with some of the Christchurch local election contenders: mayoral frontrunners Lianne Dalziel and Paul Lonsdale, and three of UC’s current and former students Jeremy Kaye, Bridget Williams and Erin Jackson. The Young Ones Jeremy Kaye Jeremy is a 4th year law and arts… Read More »Young ones and frontrunners
The local body elections are almost at hand, providing many students their first chance to vote, but will they? Youth enrolment rates remain low and students say they are uninterested in the elections. FIONA THOMAS, JADE COOPER and KATE DAVIDSON investigate. Of 20 University of Canterbury students approached on campus… Read More »Student interest in elections low
Portuguese teenager Joao Belo’s favourite rugby team may be Australia but for learning how to play the game, New Zealand is “number one”. The captain of Brazil’s under-19 team, Belo, a halfback or first five- eighth, is studying at Christchurch Boys’ High and getting coaching from the Canterbury International High… Read More »Portuguese teen keen to play rugby the Kiwi way
UC Journalism students are trialling a new form of community journalism in a final-term project to record and share people’s everyday stories about the Canterbury earthquakes and recovery. The University of Canterbury project, developed in partnership with the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority’s community resilience team, aims to develop new ways… Read More »Connecting our stories
Christchurch landlords are being warned that asking desperate tenants to stump up “pet bonds” on rental properties is illegal. But with rental properties at a premium in Christchurch, pet owners are handing over the cash anyway. Landlords can take a maximum of four weeks rent as bond. Charges beyond that are… Read More »Illegal 'pet bonds' charged on rentals
Christchurch dairies banned from selling synthetic drugs are transforming themselves into R18 stores to comply with new regulations. The Psychoactive Substances Act, which came into effect last week, makes it illegal for dairies, convenience stores, liquor outlets and supermarkets to sell herbal highs such as Kryptonite and Tai High. The… Read More »Christchurch dairies switch to sell drugs
